pirate
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A pirate attack off Somalia is the work of a new group of "opportunistic criminals", security officials said on Tuesday, complicating a threat that costs the shipping industry billions of dollars.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
There are multiple themed weekends, too, including the first weekend when guests were encouraged to strut out in their best pirate garb.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Get Go is a homage to London, with snatches of pirate radio and a crisp two-step beat, articulating a story about the therapeutic feeling of dancing with strangers.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
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
This time, he claimed to have noticed the eerie similarity between Jackson’s speech on behalf of slavery and one delivered a century earlier by an Algerian pirate named Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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