subverter

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Noun
  • Harper suspects Bichette, after seven seasons in Toronto, won’t be treated as a traitor.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • In other words, had become a traitor.
    Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Hathaway, who was styled by her longtime collaborator Erin Walsh, is a global brand ambassador for Bulgari and serves as the face of the Italian high jewelry brand.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 30 June 2026
  • Obsession also stars Barker’s That’s a Bad Idea YouTube sketch and Milk & Serial film collaborator Cooper Tomlinson, as well as Megan Lawless and Andy Richter.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Kristen Stewart loves to be a little subversive with her fashion choices.
    Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 23 June 2026
  • The seamless integration of old and new feels stealthy, and a touch subversive, a doubling-down on the museum’s approach to time as nonlinear, sinuous and delightfully slippery.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The sellout crowd of 41,634 gave Bichette a standing ovation before his first at-bat.
    CBS New York Team, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The victory for Robert’s club came in front of a sellout crowd of 12,934 loaded with Dodgers fans who did well to replicate Chavez Ravine — and made onlookers search to find fans in green and gold.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • The Conservatives, currently led by Kemi Badenoch, slammed Braverman following her defection, characterizing her as an inevitable turncoat and questioning her mental faculties.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 26 Jan. 2026
  • What starts as an innocent father/daughter college visit takes a shocking turn when Tony brutally strangles a Mob turncoat.
    Dan Snierson, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • It is aided in its unceasing efforts to gain more power and undermine our institutions and rights by a Congress in which quislings claim a majority.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Then go ahead and depict the country’s prime minister as the betrayer of Christ.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
  • Lesch plays the savior’s anguished betrayer not as an intellectual equal who fiercely debates him and loses all patience with the movement.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • According to court records, between July 2024 and August 2025, the brothers and unnamed co-conspirators orchestrated an identity theft ring that defrauded SNAP programs in New Jersey, Massachusetts, and other states.
    Joe Marusak July 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026
  • According to prosecutors, Edmond was directed by co-conspirators to make straw purchases of firearms from Georgia gun stores that were later transported and distributed to gang members in the Chicago area.
    Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
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“Subverter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subverter. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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