pirate
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One showed people recording action sequences with iPhone 17 Pro Maxes, including a movie set where a pirate ship was under attack, and another featuring an incoming tornado.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Notorious pirate Henry "Long Ben" Avery was born near by.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
At the other end of the temperamental spectrum is Paul Giamatti, whose perpetually furious Nus Braka, space pirate, has a grudge against the Federation and was instrumental in the imprisonment of Caleb’s mother.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
Lane Kiffin, by contrast, bailed on his players and now resembles a renegade pirate at the helm of a flashy speedboat — fast, loud, brash and obsessively searching for buried treasure.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025
The flag of a pirate ship on the far horizon, a mermaid’s tail flipping out of sight behind a wave.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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