buccaneering
Example Sentences
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Adnoc’s maritime logistics company is one of a buccaneering group staging daring “shuttle runs,” where tankers make short trips moving oil from the U.A.E. and other Persian Gulf terminals to ports just outside Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
The manner of their first two goals underlined that as Alonso's 3-4-3 formation, and buccaneering wing-backs, exploited Bayern's vulnerabilities in wide areas.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2024
The buccaneering chieftains in the Iliad did not want justice.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
