buccaneering
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And Mahomes himself has been a shadow of the buccaneering quarterback who reinvented the position at the peak of his powers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
Barabak: There’s a saying attributed to Mark Zuckerberg — “Move fast and break things” — that became a manifesto for the moon-shot innovators and buccaneering capitalists of Silicon Valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2025
Fred Goodwin did that in buccaneering and bullying style, trampling over the older canny values of conventional Scottish finance with the goal of creating a global giant.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2023
England's bold, brash and buccaneering style is winning them plenty of friends and admirers.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2023
The buccaneering chieftains in the Iliad did not want justice.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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