Examples of raider in a Sentence

The village needs protection from enemy raiders. Raiders had emptied the tomb of treasure. He made his fortune as a corporate raider.

Recent Examples on the Web The notorious southern commerce raider, CSS Florida, was built in England as a merchant ship called Oreto. — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 8 June 2022 The wealthy investor has a reputation on Wall Street as a corporate raider, pushing companies to make drastic changes, such as restructuring, spinning off businesses or pursuing a merger or acquisition, in order to provide better value to investors. — Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN, 2 June 2022 Some on both sides have suggested that Mosby Woods rebrand itself by changing its name altogether and shedding the Confederate raider on its logo, giving the less-obviously Confederate street names a chance to take on new connotations. — Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 15 May 2022 The actress also didn’t want to simply portray a colorblind version of that other famous tomb raider, Lara Croft. — ELLE, 21 Apr. 2022 In that case, the court found directors at cosmetics maker Revlon acted out of their legal obligation to shareholders to seek out other bidders when confronted with a hostile takeover offer by corporate raider Ronald Perelman. — Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2022 The story follows a business arrangement that blossoms into love between corporate raider Edward Lewis and Hollywood prostitute Vivian Ward, famously played by Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in the movie. — John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2022 When Romney was running to deprive Obama of a second White House term in 2012, Democrats lambasted the Republican nominee and former venture capitalist as a heartless corporate raider with no soul. — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 6 Apr. 2022 Carl Icahn's reputation as a ruthless corporate raider may be at risk as the billionaire mogul takes on the world's biggest fast-food chain over the treatment of pigs that end up in the U.S. pork supply. — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2022 See More

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