buccaneering

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And Mahomes himself has been a shadow of the buccaneering quarterback who reinvented the position at the peak of his powers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

The manner of their first two goals underlined that as Alonso's 3-4-3 formation, and buccaneering wing-backs, exploited Bayern's vulnerabilities in wide areas.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2024

But Matthieu Jalibert, his replacement, has a similar buccaneering streak and the services of his captain and world's best scrum-half Antoine Dupont close at hand.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2023

“So that the audience doesn’t experience the change between the ‘40s and ‘60s as an intellectual conceit, but literally experiences the buccaneering spirit of those early days … and then the beginning of now.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2022

The buccaneering chieftains in the Iliad did not want justice.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton