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opportunist
noun as in vacillator
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Example Sentences
They are opportunists; they saw that nobody was catering to the conservative demographic, so they learned the shibboleths and signs to signal “Hey, I’m one of you!”
In a 2005 speech, he called the Democrats who accused the administration of manipulating intelligence to justify the war “opportunists” who peddled “cynical and pernicious falsehoods” to gain political advantage.
An old political poison is growing on the new right, led by podcasters and internet opportunists who are preoccupied with the Jews.
Families "can easily be cheated by opportunists", she said.
As Curry puts it, leaders at white-shoe law firms, elite universities and major foundations have repeatedly surrendered without a shot, revealing themselves as “traitors, cowards, rank opportunists or simply inept.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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