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raider

[rey-der] / ˈreɪ dər /


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Chadwick had learned the activism ropes at Relational Investors, where he worked with longtime rabble-rousers Ralph Whitworth and David Batchelder, who themselves had worked with the corporate raider T. Boone Pickens.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 2026

"He's a raider, not a builder," says Naples journalist Vincenzo Credendino.

From BBC May 11, 2025

Points are earned by tagging opponents, or by stopping the raider.

From Seattle Times Sep. 21, 2023

“The Grave Dancer” became a successful corporate raider, taking over radio stations, trailer parks, barges, wire and cable factories and garbage-fueled power plants.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2023

"Well, long before he was king over the free folk, Bael was a great raider."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

They’re asking raiders to focus singlemindedly on the game for up to 16 hours a day, a task not many people are up for, Hiron said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 20, 2026

In one foray, led by Miller, the small party of raiders was ambushed by 80 Spanish troops.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

When corporate raiders took notice of how much revenue medicine generated, it took them a New York minute to invade the marketplace.

From MarketWatch Jan. 26, 2026

Turkish and Turkmen raiders had swept down out of the mountains a couple of years before.

From Slate Dec. 15, 2024

Warriors, spearwives, raiders, they are frightened of those woods, of shadows moving through the trees.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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