Thesaurus / raid
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The residents who carried out the raid had lurked some time before.
TWO MEN IN INDONESIA’S ACEH PROVINCE CANED FOR HAVING SEXMICHAEL K. LAVERSJANUARY 30, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEMontgomery County officials released police body-camera video Monday from a fatal no-knock raid in suburban Maryland last year — footage that confirmed SWAT officers did not record the actual shooting of 21-year-old Duncan Lemp.
BODY-CAM VIDEO IN FATAL DUNCAN LEMP RAID CONFIRMS POLICE DID NOT RECORD SHOOTINGDAN MORSEJANUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe raid signals how dependent the industry had become on unauthorized workers.
HOW THE HISTORY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, EXPLAINS HOW MEATPACKING PLANTS BECAME HOTBEDS OF COVID-19BY BERNICE YEUNG AND MICHAEL GRABELLDECEMBER 21, 2020PROPUBLICAAt the same time, immigration raids in the mid-2000s pushed many meatpackers, including Tyson, to recruit refugees and immigrants with work authorization from Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands.
AS COVID-19 RAVAGED THIS IOWA CITY, OFFICIALS DISCOVERED MEATPACKING EXECUTIVES WERE THE ONES IN CHARGEBY MICHAEL GRABELL AND BERNICE YEUNGDECEMBER 21, 2020PROPUBLICAHe was there for every major story, including the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound and the endless wars along the country’s frontiers.
REVISITING PAKISTAN’S TANGLE OF CONTRADICTIONS AND VIOLENCEBILAL QURESHIDECEMBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON POSTPerhaps one of the most affecting scenes, at least to me, is a static shot of the kitchen after yet another police raid.
A RESTAURATEUR RELUCTANTLY BECOMES A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER IN STEVE MCQUEEN’S BRILLIANT ‘MANGROVE’JOSHUA DAVID STEINDECEMBER 2, 2020EATERBy that time, however, the Scots had completed another destructive raid.
KING ROBERT THE BRUCEA. F. MURISONSeveral volunteer companies had organized in various parts of the state for the first time after John Brown's Raid.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEYI would watch till midnight and then, if nothing happened, signal my companions to raid the house.
THE STAIRCASE AT THE HEARTS DELIGHTANNA KATHARINE GREEN (MRS. CHARLES ROHLFS)One phase of a successful Indian raid was missing; there were no warriors madly dancing about the burning homes.
A VIRGINIA SCOUTHUGH PENDEXTERWORDS RELATED TO RAID
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