Example sentences for: raiding

How can you use “raiding” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In 1946, the AFL-CIO launched "Operation Dixie," an abortive attempt to organize the entire region, but it collapsed when unions proved more interested in raiding other unions for members than in organizing new workers.

  • Whether the northern tribes made the pass difficult to defend by their constant raiding is still debated by scholars, but it is known that the local inhabitants weren’t willing to give the Romans free rein over the whole territory.

  • It seems that when federal agents executed a search warrant at the Montana ranch of Paul Berger to look for signs of poisoned bald eagles (they didn't find any), they included in their raiding party three CNN employees with video cameras, and the agents themselves were wearing wires that went to a CNN feed.

  • With poverty down, politicians are raiding food-stamp surpluses for extra cash.

  • Fear of repeating the deadly clash between federal agents and Branch Davidian cult members has deterred police from raiding the compound.


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