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raider

[ray-der] / ˈreɪ dər /


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Ford made his name investing in distressed or undervalued banks, often alongside famed corporate raider Ronald Perelman, and then flipping them for a big profit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Clonal raider ants may be useful for more than studying parenting.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

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

From BBC ● May 11, 2025

Someone said it had been built by the billionaire corporate raider Sir James Goldsmith in 1989.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2023

When the company returned home, the raider lamented, smallpox “spread from one tent to another as if the Bad Spirit carried it.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

Iran, however, could play a cat-and-mouse game with raiders, withdrawing and then returning when the Marines have left.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 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

The raiders dressed all alike, in black robes.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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