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plunder

[pluhn-der] / ˈplʌn dər /




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California’s new Yankee masters were men of industry, which also sometimes looked like reckless plunder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Hackers appeared to plunder at least $1.7 billion from Binance on Thursday in what would be the largest-ever cryptocurrency heist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

He might shamelessly plunder the sonics of decades of deep-fried and gravy-smothered hits.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

Najib, who has been convicted in multiple cases, has been jailed and fined $2.8 billion for his role in the plunder.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

Is it only the plunder they seei she wondered.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

A blend of Islamic and Hindu beliefs has long served as a conservation code, with supernatural guardians believed to punish anyone who plunders the forest for greed.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

It has always been a taxing job, she says, but conditions have lately made it downright impossible, as staffing shortages nearly double her workload and a cost-of-living crisis plunders her modest paycheck.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2022

The seven-minute odyssey plunders rock’s then-forbidden city with burbling basslines and guitar wizardry so breathtaking nobody bothered to revoke Greenwood’s daytime-radio visa.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2020

The narrator thinks about the way he plunders the lives of those around him.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 13, 2018

The sly sayu ventures to approach the dwellings of men, where he plunders maize fields with incredible dexterity.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Thomasina Ross

What rankles more is his only international T20 appearance three weeks later, when Ireland plundered 52 from his four overs.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

Kim Jong Un’s cyber army has plundered billions of dollars from the crypto industry in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

Kyiv plundered warehouses for veteran Soviet antiaircraft guns and fitted heavy machine guns, some almost a century old, with thermal imaging systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

Khawaja has so far plundered 6,206 runs with 16 centuries and 28 half-centuries, averaging 43.39.

From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026

The Dothraki sacked cities and plundered kingdoms, they did not rule them.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Think of American shipping companies plundering British ships, which was common practice once upon a time.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

"If Auroville," which has a big international profile and has been praised by UNESCO, "does not hold out against the plundering and devastation of our natural resources, then we are all doomed," he said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

It’s all chintzy and campy, the plundering of low-hanging fruit.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

Enzo Sereni grew up in Rome, a short walk from the Arch of Titus, with its engraved legionnaires celebrating the defeat of ancient Judea by plundering the Second Temple.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

It was used to keep away leopards and—and—she almost had it—to keep witches from plundering graves!

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer


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