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marauding

[muh-raw-ding] / məˈrɔ dɪŋ /




NOUN
rapacity
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The next likely contender for the award is “The Lost Boys,” a spectacle-heavy, bloated stage version of the B-movie from the 1980s about young vampires marauding in a California beach town.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The gang of marauding kids from that movie chased O’Brien through scenes of movies from “Marty Supreme” to an animated riff on “KPop Demon Hunters.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Head's heroics came on the back of a blistering spell from marauding pace pair Scott Boland and Mitchell Starc after lunch that sparked a stunning England collapse.

From Barron's • Nov. 22, 2025

Operation Plato is a set of responses by the emergency services to large-scale incidents including "marauding terrorist attacks".

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

“I fail to see how that is possible, since he has been marauding for twenty years and you only left me three years ago.”

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman




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