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Opponents aren’t just wrong anymore — they’re painted as traitors or existential threats.—
Marly Berlin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025 -
The show features reality TV stars and celebrity contestants who must play a game similar to Werewolf or Mafia and figure out who the traitors are among the group.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Brahms wrote the double concerto — a rare form at the time — for his former friend, Joseph Joachim, as a way to make amends, as well as his frequent collaborator Robert Hausmann.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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Armani gave 40% control to his collaborator Leo Dell’Orco, and 15% each to his niece and nephew.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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To dissidents, she has been seen as a hero putting her life on the line; to Modi’s supporters, as a dangerous subversive who is anti-national and anti-Hindu.—
Anderson Tepper,
The Atlantic,
8 Sep. 2025
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André's chaotic talk show, The Eric Andre Show (2012–2023), established the actor and comedian as a true subversive, which makes his turns in projects such as The Lion King (2019) and Trolls Band Together (2023) that much more amusing.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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Despite the cost pressures, all three commissioners saw growth potential in new sports, particularly women’s volleyball, which is drawing record TV audiences and sellout crowds.—
Luke Fountain,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Dodgers put Webb under constant duress and did the same to a procession of Giants relievers while claiming a 13-7 victory in front of a sellout crowd with split loyalties.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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President Abraham Lincoln called on state militias at the outset of the Civil War to help in fighting Confederate turncoats to the South.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
21 Aug. 2025
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The turncoats are John Hannah, Biggie Munn, Bo Schembechler and Burt Smith.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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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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Schiff asked Patel to identify who authorized the transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s co-conspirator and confidant, to a minimum-security prison a week after the Department of Justice met with her for nine hours over two days.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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Then Nicole, er Jen, ran upstairs and made five phone calls to her co-conspirators, uh, relatives and friends.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Halford said the day after Osbourne’s death, Judas Priest was booked to play a show.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
20 Aug. 2025
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Due to a scheduling conflict, Judas Priest was unable to perform at Sabbath's Back to the Beginning charity concert last month.—
Emlyn Travis Published,
EW.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Subverter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subverter. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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