pillager

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Noun
  • UConn’s Jim Mora was a women’s basketball fan, and candy raider at UCLA UConn football coach Jim Mora is a former colleague, and still an fan of UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close, the Huskies’ Final Four foe.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Later, Joel lies to Ellie, who was unconscious during his rescue mission, by saying raiders attacked the hospital.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There’s no evidence the great marauder himself descends from the Xiongnu elite, though, Brosseder says.
    ByAndrew Curry, science.org, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Like the out-of-state marauders who terrorized Oklahoma towns in the early 1900s, Morris did not reside in Oklahoma, so Drummond said his office determined that the statute of limitations did not apply.
    Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The scene in Richard Donner's 1985 adventure comedy The Goonies in which the ragtag group of child explorers finally uncover the mythic pirate ship is one of the film's most unforgettable.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Chan plays Sergeant Dragon Ma, a police officer battling both pirates and gangsters in Hong Kong, and corruption within his law enforcement ranks.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Pillager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pillager. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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