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Recent Examples of privateer
There are privateers and those who spend smaller dollars, with some help of sponsors, but it is largely populated by multi-million-dollar teams; some have private chefs, massage therapists, a cadre of engineers, and a media contingent.
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Sue Mead, Popular Science, 13 Feb. 2025
Vessels discovered in the area include a War of 1812 privateer, boats sunk by German submarines during World War II and an actual German U-boat sunk by Allied forces, the federal agency said.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
That victory marked the only time a Prancing Horse entered by a privateer, in this case Luigi Chinetti’s North American Racing Team, took top honors at Circuit de la Sarthe’s iconic race.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2025
Often, her passengers walk through a world where privateers and pirates are closer to their cabins than to Neverland.
—Joe Sills, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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Sue Mead, Popular Science, 13 Feb. 2025
Vessels discovered in the area include a War of 1812 privateer, boats sunk by German submarines during World War II and an actual German U-boat sunk by Allied forces, the federal agency said.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
That victory marked the only time a Prancing Horse entered by a privateer, in this case Luigi Chinetti’s North American Racing Team, took top honors at Circuit de la Sarthe’s iconic race.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2025
Often, her passengers walk through a world where privateers and pirates are closer to their cabins than to Neverland.
—Joe Sills, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for privateer
Noun
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Prior to foreign hunters visiting Uruguay and providing a financial incentive to keep the birds’ populations healthy, ducks were often poisoned en masse because they were seen as little more than crop raiders.—
Chris Dorsey,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Raphael is a survivor of the Oct. 7, 2023 Nova Festival massacre in Israel, which was part of a surprise attack in which Hamas raiders murdered more than 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped 250 men, women and children.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
13 May 2025
Noun
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The movies, by contrast, were still being made in Hollywood by marauders and lunatics.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Since the Saya de Malha Bank has been known to entice pirates and other sea marauders, Landi also planned to mount a Gatling gun on the Aisland.—
Ian Urbina,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Long romanticized by cinema (hello, Jack Sparrow), pirate imagery is sneaking into fashion shows, reinterpreted with with luxurious materials, high shafts, relaxed structure, and lots of buckles.—
María Munsuri,
Glamour,
27 July 2025
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The result was a very distinct split between those who figured out the game and stopped trading with the planet that produced the pirate spaceship, and those who did not.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
24 July 2025
Noun
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Leon, even at this early stage, is a dashing buccaneer of a left back, forever setting off in search of adventure in the final third.—
Jack Lang,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
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The buyout buccaneers of the 1980s were their own clients, bootstrapping their corporate takeovers until their sky-high returns lured in outside money.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
19 June 2025
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“Privateer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privateer. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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