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  • present tense form of pirate (3rd person singular).
  • plural of pirate.
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pirates



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Christopher and Anya’s adventures unspool at a breathless pace as they hop from island to island, dueling with pirates, trespassing among giants and competing in a deadly street race featuring some of Glimouria’s nastier creatures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

McDonald’s latest Happy Meal collaboration unites the anime pirates of One Piece with Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

"Those were all written for a TV show, for something that was not for me, so Fantasize comes out, crazy, was stolen... These pirates, crooks, illegal!"

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Although fictional, the game stars real characters such as the infamous English pirate Blackbeard, and other pirates including Mary Read and Anne Bonny.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

In shifts, the girls and pirates told the tale of what had happened.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray



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