bandits

Example Sentences

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The Rams made out like bandits when the Falcons struggled and the pick they got back turned out to land at No. 13.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Traditional western dramas were more likely to depict vaqueros as bandits than hard-working ranch hands whose contributions were fundamental to the American West.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

When Lakurawa moved into communities along the Niger-Nigeria border, it prompted the bandits to move elsewhere.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

“Nigerian citizens will be happy with any help that is toward bringing to an end the persistent killings by bandits and terrorists,” said John Joseph Hayab, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Surely the combination of fire, smoke, the stink of caverns, and bandits with decoy sweat would conceal their scent.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin