saboteur
Example Sentences
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The ministry later added it had destroyed two groups of Ukrainian "saboteurs" in pre-emptive strikes near the border with the Belgorod and Kursk regions.
From BBC
Sometimes there were ambushes involving special forces or saboteurs who popped out of tunnels.
From Seattle Times
What happened next is unclear, at a time when emotions were running high and Russian saboteurs were appearing behind the Ukrainian lines.
From Seattle Times
On Nov. 29, Ukrainian saboteurs placed explosives on a Russian freight train roughly 3,000 miles from the Ukrainian border, in an attempt to damage an important tunnel through the Severomuysky mountains.
From New York Times
The saboteurs managed to place four explosives on a Russian freight train carrying diesel and jet fuel, roughly 3,000 miles from the Ukrainian border.
From New York Times
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