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  • Miraculously, Oskar Schindler, this complex man of many contradictions—Nazi opportunist, schemer, courageous maverick, rescuer, hero—had saved nearly 1,200 Jews from almost certain death.†  (source)
  • Now she was the subject of many da-zi-bao calling her an opportunist, a black executioner, a corruptor of the young.†  (source)
  • They were all corrupt opportunists.†  (source)
    opportunists = people who takes advantage of unplanned circumstances -- possibly unethically
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  • Not only was d'Anjou a consummate liar when it counted most and an opportunist of the first rank, but he was extraordinarily resourceful.†  (source)
    opportunist = someone who takes advantage of unplanned circumstances -- possibly unethically
  • Other people's optimism manifested itself, perhaps subconsciously, as opportunism: an inherent belief, in defiance of all logic, that although war was bound to come — that had been decided long ago — its actual outbreak would be delayed, so they could live life to the full a little longer.†  (source)
    opportunism = taking advantage of unplanned circumstances
  • This was an organized group of criminal opportunists who were not simply taking what they needed to survive.†  (source)
    opportunists = people who takes advantage of unplanned circumstances -- possibly unethically
  • A shameful, unscrupulous opportunist!†  (source)
    opportunist = someone who takes advantage of unplanned circumstances -- possibly unethically
  • Behind the rapes and other abuse heaped on women in much of the world, it's hard not to see something more sinister than just libido and prurient opportunism.†  (source)
    opportunism = taking advantage of unplanned circumstances
  • Deserter soldiers and other opportunists were thick on the roads, making even short trips risky.†  (source)
    opportunists = people who takes advantage of unplanned circumstances -- possibly unethically
  • "Opportunist actions" that would provoke Nazi reprisals should be avoided.†  (source)
    Opportunist = someone who takes advantage of unplanned circumstances -- possibly unethically
  • During the first months, Senator Trueba shared the opportunism of his class.†  (source)
    opportunism = taking advantage of unplanned circumstances
  • His hard line was also meant to draw attention from the more pointed talk of his alleged adultery with a woman whose name was now public, rumors he was saying were the work of certain political opportunists.†  (source)
    opportunists = people who takes advantage of unplanned circumstances -- possibly unethically
  • I tell you this opportunist had that reporter sent up there.†  (source)
    opportunist = someone who takes advantage of unplanned circumstances -- possibly unethically
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