How to Use raid in a Sentence
- They caught five smugglers in the raid.
- They launched a raid against the enemy.
- Weapons were also seized during the drug raid.
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Anyone who does not die in the raids will die of hunger and thirst.
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Omar Shaban,
The New Republic,
14 Oct. 2023
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The raid was led by Malaysia’s Ministry of Home Affairs.
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Julia Malleck,
Quartz,
24 May 2023
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But in recent weeks, the raids have left the camp, an area of less than half a square mile, battered.
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Hiba Yazbek,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2023
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Hamas terrorists in a statement claimed to have repelled the Israeli raid from the sea.
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Timothy Nerozzi,
Fox News,
27 Oct. 2023
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Hamas is simply too entrenched, in too many places, to be rooted out with bombs and raids alone.
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Daniel Byman and Seth G. Jones,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Oct. 2023
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In video footage taken of the raid, Özer, shirtless and wearing red shorts, looks shocked.
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Leif Wenar,
WIRED,
2 Apr. 2024
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The people were killed during an overnight raid by the Israeli military at the Nur Shams refugee camp.
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Doha Madani,
NBC News,
18 Dec. 2023
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Detainees live in fear of raids; soldiers have beaten people in front of their tents.
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Anand Gopal,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2024
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According to the complaint, the footage was recorded by Afroman's wife during the raid.
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Victoria Moorwood,
The Enquirer,
20 Apr. 2023
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Joseph Ruiz showed up during the raid to get money out of his box but was turned away empty handed.
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Andrew Wimer,
Forbes,
11 Dec. 2023
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Her family said she was handcuffed and dragged out of the house in an early-morning raid.
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Niha Masih,
Washington Post,
14 Feb. 2024
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The drone raid is notable not just for the extreme skill of the Ukrainian operators, but also for the apparent range of the strike.
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David Axe,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2024
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After one recent raid, residents returned the day after to take stock of the carnage to their homes.
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Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Jan. 2024
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After the raid, Wright says, Restell insisted that she be allowed to eat her lunch before going to jail.
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Moira Donegan,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2024
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Lindsly met Archer during a raid of his home with a search warrant in an unrelated case in May 2018.
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oregonlive,
7 Apr. 2023
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According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, 12 people have been killed since the Jenin raid began.
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Hala Gorani,
NBC News,
15 Dec. 2023
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He was convicted of rioting against Israeli forces who were conducting a raid in the Shuafat refugee camp in the summer.
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Sufian Taha,
Washington Post,
4 Dec. 2023
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Consulting firms face an even dicier future, as the Bain and Mintz raids underscore.
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Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
2 Feb. 2024
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Last year, the government began returning the materials that agents had seized in the 2017 raids.
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Jesse Drucker,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2024
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Gardner saw the raid as a direct affront to her authority.
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Jeremy Kohler,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2023
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Recent cross-border raids have also rattled those regions of Russia and put the Kremlin on guard.
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Susie Blann,
Anchorage Daily News,
2 June 2023
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In the novel’s first major set piece, the crew carries out a nighttime raid across the Rio Grande into Mexico to steal a herd of horses to take on the northward journey.
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Rachel Monroe,
The New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2023
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From the protection of the desert, the Nabataeans could have mounted resistance with surprise raids and guerrilla-style attacks.
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Jeremy Hillpot,
Discover Magazine,
18 Apr. 2023
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They were soon joined by others in the federal class action lawsuit opposing the seizures on the ground that the raid violated the Fourth Amendment.
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Andrew Wimer,
Forbes,
11 Dec. 2023
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Thus, any used and lost on an essentially symbolic raid may be seen as wasteful.
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Sébastien Roblin,
Popular Mechanics,
26 May 2023
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At the very least, foreign businesses can expect to experience the sort of raids that have become more common on the mainland.
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The Editors,
National Review,
21 Mar. 2024
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Lula declared a public-health emergency and ordered an ambitious series of raids to eject the miners.
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Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2024
- Police raided the house and found drugs.
- She raided her sister's closet to find something to wear to the party.
- The village was raided often by neighboring tribes.
- Federal agents raided the warehouse, seizing stolen property and arresting five smugglers.
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He was raided by the FBI in 2021 and charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
5 May 2023
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Both animals have long claws and sharp teeth, but sloth bears use theirs to raid bee hives and dig for grubs.
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Matthew Every,
Field & Stream,
21 Feb. 2024
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Did any of you believe that Jack was really gonna raid his dad’s safe for her?
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The Editors,
Vulture,
1 Sep. 2023
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Nexo's office in Sofia, Bulgaria, was raided by the local police at the start of the year.
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Caitlin Ostroff,
WSJ,
22 Dec. 2023
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Two were raided June 3 and three others were raided June 20.
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Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2023
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They’re known to raid crops, break into homes and stores, and snatch things like cell phones to cleverly ransom back for food.
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Erika Fry,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2024
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His last contact with Roni was a text message at 9:27 a.m., three hours after her base was raided.
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Loveday Morris,
Washington Post,
27 Oct. 2023
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After Cielo turned herself in for killing Loza, the Feds were able to raid the house, effectively taking down the Mayans.
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Henry Chandonnet,
Peoplemag,
20 July 2023
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In the past, a few eagle nests have been raided by black bears with predictably bad results for the nesting eagles (i.e., loss of that year’s nestlings).
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Helena Wegner,
Anchorage Daily News,
28 July 2023
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Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided many cities and camps in the West Bank, arresting dozens of people.
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Anand Gopal,
The New Yorker,
10 Dec. 2023
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Sanders overhauled the roster, raiding the transfer portal to add nearly 90 new players to the program in hopes of a fast start.
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Mark Heim | [email protected],
al,
29 Aug. 2023
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Police also raided the home of Joan Meyer, the 98-year-old co-owner of the newspaper.
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Faris Tanyos,
CBS News,
30 Sep. 2023
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The directorate previously raided Newsclick’s premises and the homes of some of its senior staff in 2021.
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WIRED,
3 Oct. 2023
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Sharon raided Detroit Opera’s storage rooms for costumes and props.
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Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2024
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Criminals who steal these keys can raid the boxes for checks, cash and other valuables.
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The Enquirer,
5 Mar. 2024
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Police raided the bakery the previous week and shuttered it for three days.
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Taylor Luck,
The Christian Science Monitor,
15 Sep. 2023
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Months later, his apartment was raided and a criminal case was opened against him.
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Dasha Litvinova,
ajc,
21 Apr. 2023
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The feds have already raided the home of Brianna Suggs, his chief fundraiser.
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Rayna Reid Rayford,
Essence,
3 Nov. 2023
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Diddy was in the Miami area on Monday when the feds raided his home, according to a person familiar with the search.
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Camellia Burris,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2024
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New London is burning after British troops — led by Benedict Arnold — raided the town.
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Amelia Nierenberg,
New York Times,
20 Sep. 2023
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The indictment came about only because the government thought Mr. Trump took records that didn’t belong to him, and the government raided his house to find any such records.
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Michael Bekesha,
WSJ,
13 June 2023
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The paper was rightly suspicious that lawmakers might try to raid the new fund for things that didn’t have a thing to do with education.
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Kyle Whitmire,
al,
6 Apr. 2023
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Meanwhile, Pitt County officers raid one jail cell, which pleases Kendra but might put Sara in danger.
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oregonlive,
17 Aug. 2023
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Three decades of raiding tombs as the titular tomb raider of the Tomb Raider franchise has landed Lara Croft in peak position atop a new list of the most iconic video game characters of all time.
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Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
4 Apr. 2024
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The authorities raided his hospital, killed one of his co-workers, and threw the battered body of another into a pigsty for the hogs to devour.
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Daniel Immerwahr,
The New Yorker,
8 Jan. 2024
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The last pro-Democracy paper, Stand News, closed in December 2021 after it was raided and its leadership arrested.
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Michele Kelemen,
NPR,
30 Mar. 2024
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