pirate

Example Sentences

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Pollen and Isherwood’s resolution to export gave the navy of the other noisiest champion—the U.S.—the opportunity to pirate them too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Notorious pirate Henry "Long Ben" Avery was born near by.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

It's 53 years since the ancient species' on-screen debut, and three years since they were seen battling Jodie Whittaker's Doctor aboard a pirate ship.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

Banners with messages such as "We are all Carlos Manzo" were displayed alongside the pirate flag emblematic of the Japanese manga "One Piece," which has become a symbol of global youth protest.

From Barron's • Nov. 15, 2025

Whatever cautionary value the tale may have had was thus lost, and now here she was, in a hayloft with a pirate, and rather pleased about it, too.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood