buccaneer

Example Sentences

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Ultimately, these Outer Rim buccaneers are no match for the Mandalorians, who really are excellent at their jobs.

From New York Times

With comparable deftness, Kelly A. Harmon’s “Trumpets of Freedom” reassembles characters from “The Lighthouse at the End of the World,” then adds steampunk robots and that aeronautical buccaneer, Robur the Conqueror.

From Washington Post

After the Sex Pistols split, the two held their first catwalk show in 1981, presenting a "new romantic" look of African-style patterns, buccaneer trousers and sashes.

From Reuters

In the case of this droll comedy about a wealthy 18th-century gentleman turned bungling buccaneer, that requires visualizing many different feelings.

From Salon

Newly surfaced documents also strengthen the case that English buccaneer Henry Every — the target of the first worldwide manhunt — hid out in New England before sailing for Ireland and vanishing into the wind.

From Seattle Times