raid
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Air raid sirens sounded in Bahrain, while the United Arab Emirates defence ministry said air defences were engaging missile and drone threats.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
In Glasgow, officers later recovered thousands of pounds worth of dermal fillers, needles and botulinum toxin products during a raid linked to the aesthetics trade.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Other nights I raid the freezer for peas and carrots, handfuls of spinach or little nuggets of sweet potato in the middle of winter.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The raid stems from an investigation in May into allegations that three individuals illicitly exported the U.S. company’s AI servers to China that were equipped with high-end Nvidia chips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Every night I pulled the black air raid curtains to and read on and on, huddled close to our bedroom lamp.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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Thousands more joined them, swept up in raids amid the ensuing war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Amnesty International said the raids indicated "the chilling reality of what the city has become: a place where you can be criminalised simply for what's on your bookshelf".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The interior ministry said in a statement that the cell had been captured following a series of raids "carried out at the same time against the suspects' different locations across Damascus and its countryside".
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Mr Arellano recalls National Guard vehicles stationed just blocks from his wife's shop during immigration operations, while businesses across the neighbourhood suffered dramatic losses as raids continued.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
“Tell me, Putti, why aren’t the British carrying out any bombing raids today?”
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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Officials did not name the businesses raided by police.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Twelve sites were raided on Monday as part of the probe, the prosecutors office said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Chait had been serving as acting superintendent since Feb. 27, two days after the FBI raided the home and office of his predecessor, Carvalho.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
In 2021, Google raided Intel’s top talent in Israel, hiring 25-year Intel veteran Uri Frank to lead Google’s silicon efforts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Servals sometimes raided chicken pens, but generally they avoided people.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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Indeed, it seems Heartland Dads are raiding the self-help shelves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 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
Since November Kilby has collected about 180 dresses and 70 suits from charity shops, from people raiding their wardrobes, online shopping and resale sites.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
They told me that Pancho Villa had ridden through about five years earlier, after raiding some towns in Texas.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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