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
Drag was an important part of Ortiz’s approach to playing Jim Jimenez, the boundary breaking nonbinary pirate heartthrob on HBO’s cult show “Our Flag Means Death.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
In our quest to catch the neighborhood porch pirate, we’ve inadvertently built a dragnet that catches much more.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
He added: "What politicians in London are talking about is essentially a return to the era of the pirate Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard."
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026
“I guess a privateer would be a pirate in peacetime. But this is war. We only capture English ships.”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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