raider

Example Sentences

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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

In May journalist Vincenzo Credendino told BBC Sport: "In the system of Conte he's not a builder, he's a raider - the best option while you have a number nine like Romelu Lukaku."

From BBC • Aug. 7, 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