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or traitoress
as in traitor
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Noun
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The president saw General Milley as a grandstander and a traitor.—
Eric Schmitt,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025 -
With only two episodes left, faithful Britney Haynes has been recruited as the latest traitor.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This is all happening because the person who’s supposed to be leading the charge against the spread of communicable disease is something of a turncoat, instead working to increase our vulnerability to these pathogens.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2025
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This is less a chant and more a fireworks show celebrating the permanent expungement of all turncoats and pests.—
Stephen Kearse,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The love story of a Confederate deserter (Jude Law) journeying back to his North Carolina home and his love (Nicole Kidman) drives the Civil War drama.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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The deserters were typically shot simultaneously by three or more fellow soldiers — one of whom might have been issued blanks, rather than live rounds, as was the case in the 2010 Utah execution — to blur the lines of responsibility for the death.—
Jacey Fortin,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The move by the Trump administration is a turnabout of a long-standing U.S. policy that has extended TPS to more than a half million Venezuelans.—
Greg Allen,
NPR,
4 Feb. 2025
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But the turnabout didn't entirely make clear what happens next.—
Maya Goldman,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But the president's new FTC chair, Andrew Ferguson, is an outspoken Big Tech critic on X and is signaling the panel won't be stacked with pro-industry quislings.—
Marc Caputo,
Axios,
10 Feb. 2025
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Erdogan, meanwhile, lambasted Kilicdaroglu as a quisling who is in cahoots with the West and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a Kurdish separatist group that both Ankara and Washington consider a terrorist entity.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2023
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“Traitress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traitress. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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