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[reyd] / reɪd /




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The indictment comes months after the Los Angeles Police Department carried out a raid of Coolkicks’ warehouse in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

The October raid led police to recover an estimated $500,000 worth of stolen Nike goods, according to authorities.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

One raid involved 1,618 fake strips being taken from a warehouse in Birmingham, including replicas of star players such as France's Kylian Mbappe and Norway's Erling Haaland.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Air raid sirens were sounded in Bahrain, which hosts a major US naval base, according to the country's interior ministry.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

The organizers of the parade understood that such a spectacle might provoke an air raid or attack on New York City, so extra precautions were taken.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

The lull followed intense immigration raids in January and the tail end of 2025.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

You have protested masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in your neighborhoods.

From Slate Jul. 20, 2026

Amnesty International said the raids indicated "the chilling reality of what the city has become: a place where you can be criminalised simply for what's on your bookshelf".

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Some 27 people were arrested in early-morning raids in Cankaya, out of a total of 36 named in a warrant issued by Ankara's public prosecutor, media reports said.

From Barron's Jul. 11, 2026

After weeks of hearing testimony concerning the raids, the committee issued what it titled “A Report on the Illegal Practices of the United States Department of Justice.”

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

At dawn on 24 April, officers raided Greer's family home in what was described as a "day of executive action".

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

The sale marks the end of a turbulent chapter for the estate, which was thrust into the spotlight in March 2024 when Homeland Security agents raided the property as part of their investigation into Combs.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

That suffered a blow in 2011 when US forces raided a compound in Pakistan and found Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Nygard stepped down as chairman of Nygard International in February 2020 after U.S. authorities raided the firm’s corporate headquarters in Manhattan.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

“One day,” Muthu continued, “police raided the place and took us to an orphanage. But the woman at the orphanage was a rakshasi.”

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

It would merely be a different flavor of raiding the Treasury for personal gain.

From Slate May 16, 2026

“A 29% rate of pre-retirees raiding 10% or more of savings for a family emergency means people are going into retirement short,” Judge said.

From MarketWatch May 14, 2026

Since November Kilby has collected about 180 dresses and 70 suits from charity shops, from people raiding their wardrobes, online shopping and resale sites.

From BBC Mar. 28, 2026

That function built the U.S. into the world’s leading industrial power after World War II. By the ’70s, facing a mature industrial economy, investment banks discovered a new source of profit: corporate raiding.

From Barron's Mar. 25, 2026

They had managed to drive off a raiding party that was trying to scale the wall.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli




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