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[reyd] / reɪd /




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In 2018, Israel admitted carrying out a top-secret air raid against the site 11 years earlier.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Over the weekend, Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 100 people in Memphis, the largest raid in the city’s history, according to local immigrant rights groups.

From Salon Sep. 1, 2026

Given the threat, police have issued special guidance urging motorists to leave petrol stations and, if necessary, to abandon their vehicles whenever air raid alerts sound.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

One of the largest public immigration raids associated with the campaign happened in the wake of the 1931 La Placita raid on Olvera Street in downtown L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

There was a rumor going around that the British were forming up in New York City and were going to raid towns on Long Island.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

Though the influx of agents eventually left Minnesota, taking their horrific behavior elsewhere, state officials have been busy attempting to pursue accountability, filing numerous cases against the federal officers who participated in the raids.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

Fatima explains how the raids unfold: "You could have 100 motorcycles, and each one could be carrying three people."

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

County and state officials are gaming out responses to immigration raids near voting centers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

The chances of a missile attack on Kyiv that night were around 50 percent, according to the administrator of a social media channel monitoring Russian air raids.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Our Regiment is armed from rebel stores seized in raids earlier this month.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

When she learned the bookshop had been raided by police in late June, Zhu broke into tears: "I was devastated."

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Police recovered the prints last week when they raided an apartment in the São Paulo suburb of São Bernardo do Campo and arrested a man suspected of watching over the stolen art.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Last week the KFA's headquarters were raided by police as part of an investigation into an alleged "obstruction of business" concerning Hong's appointment as manager.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

This year, he’s gone after the FBI raided his home and office in February as part of a broader investigation into his dealings with a tech contractor.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

At least it was good to see that no one was exhausted now: they were as tough a bunch of hlessil as ever raided a garden.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

In October 1916, in Tujunga Canyon near Sunland, a farmer named Cornelius Johnson set out a trap for a bear that had been raiding his grapevines.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

“They’re raiding the Smithsonian,” said Joe Stief, a Virginia-based investment firm associate who oversees Keep the Shuttle, a 4,000-member advocacy group opposed to the move.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

It would merely be a different flavor of raiding the Treasury for personal gain.

From Slate May 16, 2026

“A 29% rate of pre-retirees raiding 10% or more of savings for a family emergency means people are going into retirement short,” Judge said.

From MarketWatch May 14, 2026

It was a troublesome one and involved a certain amount of what Shasta called stealing, and Bree called "raiding".

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis




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