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raider

[rey-der] / ˈreɪ dər /


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By studying clonal raider ants, researchers found that evolution may not have created entirely new brain systems to produce parental behavior.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

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

And Lazlo was surprised by the strength of his gratitude—to be believed, even by a tomb raider from a family of assassins.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

A 2020 Harvard Law School forum pointed to one such wave in the 1980s, when corporate raiders such as Carl Icahn and T. Boone Pickens struck fear into corporate boardrooms.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 11, 2025

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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