raid
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A former Zambian minister was killed in last week's raid by security forces on a house linked to opposition leader Brian Mundubile a day after the presidential election, the authorities have said.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The mood remains stable as Zambians await the full results of the election, although some uncertainty has emerged following the government's announcement of the raid.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
In an interview with AFP, she noted that few adult male elephants had died, even though they are the ones most likely to raid crops.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Carvalho has denied wrongdoing and has not been charged with a crime, but the school board placed him on paid leave two days after the raid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
I’d had run-ins with the cops in Alexandra, in Soweto, but it was always more about the circumstance: a party getting shut down, a raid on a minibus.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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Germany's Interior Ministry confirmed that these raids marked the first time enforcement measures had been taken under the new law, but did not confirm if the law had been employed more than once.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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
Last year, he embedded with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials during raids, including in Chicago, where he and his crew taped arrests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Forest City raids highlight a transnational scam industry that is shifting in size and shape.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
During air raids the whole place is left unguarded apart from the dogs.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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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
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
"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
Board of Education had placed Carvalho on paid leave on Feb. 27, two days after FBI agents raided his San Pedro home and downtown L.A. office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
“The peculiar dog said that all of London’s loops had been raided and their ymbrynes kidnapped,” Emma said, “but we can’t simply take his word for it, can we?”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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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
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
The 100th drawing took Max "all night", Samantha said, with Max raiding some of his sister's art supplies to perfect the flat lizard drawing.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
After raiding a museum full of Confederate ghosts, Leo didn’t think his day could get any worse.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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