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Recent Examples of buccaneerHer approach is a clean break from the 19th-century tradition of American landscape art, in which de facto propagandists like Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Cole depicted land as radiant and virginal, the birthright of any colonial buccaneer drunk on Manifest Destiny.—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025 Sporting a goatee, tricorn hat, purple vest and pantaloons, the bad-news buccaneer ambushed the victim near the station’s turnstiles, punching him repeatedly before making off with his AirPods and sneakers.—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2024 However, the swarthy crew has an abundance of muscles and ego, not one of the buccaneers knows how to read.—Jamie Lang, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024 The Adventureland Suite exudes the romance of exploration, while the opulent Pirates of the Caribbean Suite is filled with a trove of treasure maps, chests and buccaneer memorabilia.—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for buccaneer
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pirate
Noun
Porch pirates Mail theft in Virginia will soon be a Class 6 felony, which means people caught stealing mail or packages can be punished by imprisonment for one to five years and/or a fine of up to $2,500.
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Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
22 June 2025
Over the centuries, Spanish conquistadors brought horses whose descendants now roam wild; the pirate Blackbeard fought his final sea battle near Ocracoke Island in the south; and the Wright Brothers took their first successful flight.
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