thieve
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The Nats have led the majors in stolen bases all season, rejecting a trend: Never risk an out — and a chance to swing for the fences — to thieve one measly base.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2019
The scouting report is out, and they start to thieve second like it’s a jewelry store with a salamander for a security guard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2016
Four Women Simone’s interpretations of existing songs were so emphatic that other artists would often thieve her version rather than the original performer’s.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2016
The motherbirds thieve the air To appease them.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 31, 2014
No one but Kunthi, coming stealthily by night to thieve from us what little we had, unashamed as she was and always had been.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
A shop owner has described how she locks her door during opening hours and customers have to ring the bell to get in after her store was targeted by thieves last year.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Based on his undercover work, Mr. Wittman figures that thieves can expect, perhaps, to get 10% of an artwork’s estimated value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
At the same time, thousands of potential thieves were laid off from work and sent home from school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Rather, he says, “these thieves are looking for a quick hit.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
While the guard deals with the thieves, Mr. Shephard walks me to a small room and unlocks the door.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
A friend said he covered the mirrors in his home so he wouldn’t have to look at what the years had thieved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
More dogs were thieved than any other pet by more than 1,000.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2022
You feel the presence of many, many others around you in here and you want to know who these people are who were thieved of identity when they were rendered collectibles.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2020
Timbers said, “The theatrical engine of building the whole thing just from a person with a boom box—I have certainly thieved that many times in my own work.”
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 13, 2017
As the boys ran off with the thieved chocolate, Danny zipped his backpack shut again and ate his lunch in silence while the other kids sat in groups.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
“The last thing we need is a loud, water thieving, light polluting, data center anywhere near our town,” Nelson wrote late last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
When they aren’t thieving, bald eagles also scavenge from roadkill or help themselves to free food found in human garbage or at the town landfill.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026
Nick is bedeviled by his thieving foes, fascinated by them, and now has nothing to lose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
Judges found the accused guilty of harassing Magali Berdah, spurred on by a campaign by the French rapper Booba against "thieving influencers".
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2024
Surely it was Ibni who was doing the thieving?
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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