buccaneering

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And Mahomes himself has been a shadow of the buccaneering quarterback who reinvented the position at the peak of his powers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

He was put in an induced coma, but the Lentini who emerged was a shadow of the buccaneering footballer he had been.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023

“So that the audience doesn’t experience the change between the ‘40s and ‘60s as an intellectual conceit, but literally experiences the buccaneering spirit of those early days … and then the beginning of now.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2022

After incredible, buccaneering victories over New Zealand and India already this summer, England men's next assignment is a Test series against South Africa.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2022

The buccaneering chieftains in the Iliad did not want justice.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton