raid
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Civilians will also be put through their paces during exercises that include a temporary slowdown of mobile internet speeds as well as air raid drills.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Nina, the landowners' representative, added that unlike the latest incident, previous cases of poisoning in farms had affected zebras and antelopes, which raid the same areas.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
But executives were also distracted by other, more pressing issues, such as fending off a talent raid launched by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and fixing a worsening relationship with Microsoft, its largest investor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
“Defendants then selected a day to raid the location, without regard to whether the previously identified ‘targets’ were present,” the motion states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The pilots already in the air had all been sent together to turn back a huge raid the Germans were launching on a nearby town just south of Voronezh.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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The head of Penza’s recruitment office, Andrey Surkov, told a government briefing that any raids in the region were targeting those avoiding service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Hagans, the union leader, said she had been advising members affected by the Supreme Court ruling to get their affairs in order in case they were swept up by immigration raids.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The example they set by monetizing Greek military talent would lure many others into the freebooting life and ultimately lead, seven decades later, to the enormous plundering raids of Alexander the Great.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Volunteers who provide support and rapid response to workers before and after immigration raids were also in attendance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Our bombers were flying every day from Saipan and Guam to make raids on Tokyo.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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Los Angeles police raided a CoolKicks warehouse in Santa Monica last week, where they arrested the sneaker retailer’s chief executive and three others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
"The Seoul police raided the headquarters of Starbucks Korea this morning as part of the ongoing investigation," a Shinsegae Group spokesman told AFP, declining to provide further details.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
In October, Los Angeles police raided the Santa Monica warehouse of CoolKicks, a popular sneaker reseller, while its co-founder Adeel Shams was streaming live on Whatnot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
It looked as though the vendor had raided a secret convention of 1990s elementary-school teachers and persuaded them to turn in their uniforms.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
“The guys raided the chocolates in the con-fusion. As far as the money’s concerned, Brian Cochran has it. We’ll have some kind of drawing next week at assembly.”
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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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
Police were raiding the daycare centre, his friend said, go pick up your children right now.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
Newspapers and television programs published every salacious detail, including texts and voice messages from the defendants that prosecutors seized after raiding their homes just days after Maradona’s death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
David and I managed to flee into one of the nearby yards, jumped its fence and ran all the way to school, where teachers told us to go home immediately, for police were raiding schools.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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