saboteurs

Example Sentences

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In Asia, Taiwan is increasing coast guard patrols and penalties for damaging cables, hoping to deter would-be saboteurs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

It places secret saboteurs among a group of faithful contestants in a grand castle in Scotland, all fighting it out to win a cash prize.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

Others, such as the Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative columnist Westbrook Pegler, skipped the niceties and went straight to accusing their fellow citizens of being enemy saboteurs.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024

To be fair, they’re not all pure saboteurs.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2024

On July 4, 1942, while most Americans were celebrating Independence Day, the Nazi saboteurs were transferred to a jail in Washington, DC, under the custody of the army.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple