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[rayd] / reɪd /




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A resident of one of the buildings that was hit, who identified herself as Iryna, 69, said she just had time to seek refuge in the toilets after receiving an air raid warning.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

At a time when air raid sirens sound constantly in Kyiv and explosions can be heard almost every day, the peace and quiet of the village is what Olena says she needs most.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

In a sign of the near-constant threat the city now faces, an air raid alert rang out as Klitschko was speaking to AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

A low, pulsing electronic tone on the platform interrupts her, announcing the next air raid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The pilots already in the air had all been sent together to turn back a huge raid the Germans were launching on a nearby town just south of Voronezh.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

At the peak of enforcement operations, some 35% of scheduled visits to St. John’s Community Health’s clinics were no-shows, up from 9% before the raids began, president Jim Mangia said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

The data mirrors what other clinics serving low-income patients saw during the raids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

During air raids, Mygal makes Sofiyka a bed in the windowless bathroom, the safest place in their apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The public prosecutor's offices in Santa Cruz and La Paz were also targeted in the nationwide raids, according to images broadcast by local media.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Then Moon Orchid went about the house turning off the lights like during air raids.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

Japanese officials have raided the country's biggest beer makers over allegations they worked together to raise the price of their beverages.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Arcadia Police Department said at the time the couple's house was first raided that the children ranged in age from two months to 13 years old, but most were between one and three years old.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Police also raided the headquarters of the public prosecutor's office in the southern city of Sucre, according to footage shared by the police on social media.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

U.S. forces later that year raided a ship carrying dual-use components from China to Iran, signaling that Washington was watching.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Servals sometimes raided chicken pens, but generally they avoided people.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

In October 1916, in Tujunga Canyon near Sunland, a farmer named Cornelius Johnson set out a trap for a bear that had been raiding his grapevines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

The companies on the AI frontier that are raiding universities for all kinds of talent can offer unimaginable salaries and stock options.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Some 35 bodies and more than 100 sets of ashes were found by police raiding Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull in March 2024.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

It would merely be a different flavor of raiding the Treasury for personal gain.

From Slate ● May 16, 2026

Behind him, limping and complaining, came the survivors of the ill-fated raiding party.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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