plundered

Example Sentences

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What rankles more is his only international T20 appearance three weeks later, when Ireland plundered 52 from his four overs.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Kyiv plundered warehouses for veteran Soviet antiaircraft guns and fitted heavy machine guns, some almost a century old, with thermal imaging systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

In an abandoned warehouse in Johannesburg, Prof Grace sets out her high-stakes plan - to break into museums and private collections and take back artefacts mostly plundered during colonial times.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

That era was capped by Time Warner’s ill-fated sale in the early 2000s to dial-up internet service provider AOL — a disastrous union that plundered the value of Warner’s prestigious properties.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

Miss Stuart was in exile, from plundered Scotland still declining, three thousand miles away.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood