buccaneering

Example Sentences

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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

Barabak: There’s a saying attributed to Mark Zuckerberg — “Move fast and break things” — that became a manifesto for the moon-shot innovators and buccaneering capitalists of Silicon Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2025

Fred Goodwin did that in buccaneering and bullying style, trampling over the older canny values of conventional Scottish finance with the goal of creating a global giant.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2023

England have won 11 of their past 13 Tests in buccaneering fashion.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2023

The buccaneering chieftains in the Iliad did not want justice.

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