pirates
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The author of “Shakespeare at Thirty” on spies, massacres, pirates, poets and the patrons who made literary careers possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Qabowsade rejected suggestions that forces from Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of Somalia, had helped some of the pirates escape.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Rudderless ship just waiting for the right pirates to come along.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Just look at Capt. William Kidd, who was hired by the British government to hunt pirates, but was later executed for being one.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Alas, the book had been lost in a high-speed chase involving singing pirates and a howling parrot.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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