Sentence examples for sudden raid from inspiring English sources

In 1717 the Oirat, nominally Dge-lugs-pa supporters, took advantage of Tibetan discontent to intervene in a sudden raid, defeating and killing Lha-bzang.

One afternoon, while in Bossaso, the president personally led a sudden raid on a gang of pirates preparing to shove off into the Gulf of Aden.

The sudden raid by the Pakistani military which, for more than a decade, has permitted the Haqqanis to operate a safe haven and hold captives in Pakistan sparked surprise, conspiracy theories, and hope among current and former U.S. officials.

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Now depositors in weak banks in weak countries have every reason to worry about sudden raids on their savings.

He summons up shades and conducts sudden raids on the past, fighting anonymity, amnesia and our poor historical memories.

The Dutch were by then wary of Denmark's swift and sudden raids down the wings, especially the pace of Dennis Rommedahl on the right.

In a sudden midnight raid, nearly 200 riot police surrounded the car where Myanmar's pro-democracy leader had been stranded by the roadside for a week and forced her and her companions to return home, one of her aides said today.

"In the case of a sudden police raid, if we fail to hide the tape or CD in advance, it would be used as an evidence against us".

The American refusal to criticize a sudden Israeli air raid on Syria has helped bring relations with the United States to a new low, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said Saturday, suggesting that the Bush administration was pursuing a destructive course at a time of dangerously high tension in the region.

They made sudden hard-hitting raids behind enemy lines, carrying out demolition and intelligence missions.