steal

"I've heard of people feeling the need to steal baby milk," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

It had been over a month, and I couldn’t imagine someone wouldn’t steal such a beautiful piece if found.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

"Sadly, there had been numerous attempts by people to chop their nesting tree down and steal the eggs. I thoroughly enjoyed the task, and it was the start of 60 years of volunteering."

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Then there’s the recent hooliganism of an OpenAI model, which escaped a testing environment, stole credentials of multiple private-company servers, then burglarized one to steal the answer to a problem-solving challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

“It took JB a long time to figure out that Hodge had chosen this adoption conference to steal you all back,” she said.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

James averaged 20.9 points, 7.2 assists, 6.1 rebounds and 1.2 steals a game for the Lakers last season and said he was considering retirement strongly when the campaign concluded.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

Ben Wang, as an eager young receptionist at a talent agency who steals information to help Gail, doesn’t really nail the part.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

OK, the fact that Jennifer Coolidge steals the show also helps, as does the stunning cuteness of Buster the teacup chihuahua, along with the evergreen pizazz of the bend-and-snap sequence.

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026

Rowsell climbs onto the drum riser and steals Amey's bumblebee sunglasses while screaming into a megaphone.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

He steals softly over the grass, careful to make no sound; he pauses—fancying she has stirred: he withdraws: not for worlds would he be seen.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

The Ramones eventually retired because of interpersonal issues: Johnny stole Joey’s girlfriend.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

“The Yellow Line is a quiet thief. It stole my land, my work and everything I spent my life building. How can you replace 45 years of work?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

In 2016, Pyongyang’s hackers stole U.S.-South Korea military plans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

In 2022, an independent panel said Ramaphosa might have a case to answer after burglars stole huge sums of cash, hidden in a sofa, from his private farm.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Then once things had finally settled down and the light was out and little Lord Sebastian was asleep, I stole away.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

The theft comes just days after Italy's specialist art crime unit announced it had recovered three artworks stolen from a museum near Parma earlier this year.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Following his father’s maxim that “if you ain’t first, you’re last,” Ricky Bobby can’t imagine a win for anyone else as anything less than something stolen from him.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Paintings by Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse worth over $10.4 million which were stolen from an Italian museum in March have been recovered, police said Friday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

When Thoreau visited the scene a few days later, he “found women who had already altered the gowns of the passengers—presumably including Fuller’s—that their husbands and sons had stolen from the beach.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

To the Paris police, it was an extremely promising lead: a thief who stole from the Louvre and a Parisian painter who bought stolen goods.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

"Obviously I don't condone stealing, but I really sympathise with any parent that finds themselves in a situation like that."

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge denied a request for a Los Angeles influencer charged with stealing luxury items from wealthy older men she met on dating apps to be diverted into mental health treatment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

The couple spent their courtship sharing fun Covid-era activities, like stealing toilet paper, enjoying empty cinemas and stadiums, and taking selfies in front of dumpster fires, all to the tune of Taylor Swift’s “Love Story.”

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

After a bear was caught on video stealing food from his getaway on the lake, retiree Walt Pudewell last week paid $5,000 to have every door and window secured with electric mats and wiring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

He had done this all his life, but, as he said, until now scavenging had not included stealing.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo