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raider

[ray-der] / ˈreɪ dər /


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Clonal raider ants may be useful for more than studying parenting.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

Chadwick had learned the activism ropes at Relational Investors, where he worked with longtime rabble-rousers Ralph Whitworth and David Batchelder, who themselves had worked with the corporate raider T. Boone Pickens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

In May journalist Vincenzo Credendino told BBC Sport: "In the system of Conte he's not a builder, he's a raider - the best option while you have a number nine like Romelu Lukaku."

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2025

Points are earned by tagging opponents, or by stopping the raider.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023

When the company returned home, the raider lamented, smallpox “spread from one tent to another as if the Bad Spirit carried it.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

That clemency was reciprocated when the retreating raiders were caught by determined Mohawk forces led by Lawrence, north of Lake Champlain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

When corporate raiders took notice of how much revenue medicine generated, it took them a New York minute to invade the marketplace.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026

A 2020 Harvard Law School forum pointed to one such wave in the 1980s, when corporate raiders such as Carl Icahn and T. Boone Pickens struck fear into corporate boardrooms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025

Turkish and Turkmen raiders had swept down out of the mountains a couple of years before.

From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024

"Well, should it happen that I need to ride against these raiders myself, I shan't take Alebelly, then. He didn't see me drowned, did he? No? Good."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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