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
Crypto accounts, bank accounts and even eBay accounts are also vulnerable to phishing scams where thieves send an email with a link and implore you to click.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
When thieves snatched 12 metric tons of KitKats in transit from Italy to Poland, the company capitalized with some free publicity for one of its most famous brands.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
"I wasn't sleeping because I had lots of luggage and King's Cross is bad for thieves," the 31-year-old says.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
It is primarily tasked with repairing and fortifying the city’s more than 210,000 streetlamps — a frequent target of copper wire thieves — and maintaining its network of electrical vehicle charging stations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Ben had been a ballplayer for a long time and he knew other ballplayers the way a gypsy knows other gypsies or a thief other thieves.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Nate Craig, a vocal fan of Pilates classes featuring large glass windows, admits, “A couple of years ago I got my identity stolen … thieved … married is what I meant.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 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
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
Alcutt recently encountered a woman who was part of a suspected thieving group processing stolen copper in an encampment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Sentencing, the district judge said: "Seemingly, even the birds are not beyond your thieving grasp. You may conceive of these as just eggs but they are protected. This was a deplorable thing to do."
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2024
Surveillance video depicting the accused robbers and their purported thieving was posted on Twitter by the Irvine Police Department.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
But if the little one was also caught thieving, that would probably be quite a blow to her.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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