raid
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As word of the raid spread, a crowd of protesters outside the warehouse began to grow.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Shortly after, air raid sirens sounded in neighboring Gulf nations Kuwait and Bahrain -- both US allies -- and AFP correspondents in both countries heard explosions.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
Just hours after the agreement was announced, air raid alarms sounded in northern Israel with a "suspicious aerial target" identified without causing any casualties.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
The attacks come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday reiterated warnings of a possible massive Russian strike and urged residents to pay special attention to air raid alerts.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Mudgett foresaw no difficulty in acquiring the cadavers, although in fact a national shortage of corpses for medical education had by then driven doctors to raid graveyards for the freshly dead.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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