bootleg
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One single bootleg upload by independent journalist Matthew Keys amassed well over 600,000 views in a matter of hours.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Bradley got work dancing at Connie’s Inn, the exclusive Harlem black-and-tan club where the draw for white patrons was bootleg liquor and black entertainers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Retatrutide is so effective that a gray market for bootleg versions of the drug, which hasn’t been approved for sale, has been thriving for more than two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
Even Cook bought bootleg copies of the song, some of which had been taped off his live sets on BBC Radio 1 and pressed to vinyl.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
His shop sold all kinds of stuff, from hair-care products to body oils to bootleg clothes to African statues.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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After its initial theatrical run, Lindsay-Hogg’s film largely disappeared for more than a half-century with the exception of low-quality VHS versions and bootlegs.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
By 2005, people were eagerly swapping bootlegs, demos and gossip on dedicated message boards.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2022
But the Cougars’ contemporary system will include a healthy dose of run-pass options and play-action bootlegs.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
At the Senior Bowl in February, Strong tried to show teams how much his mobility on bootlegs and in the pocket had progressed.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2022
Two waggons ahead of them there walked a man wearing a long reddish-brown coat, a cap and high boots with sagging bootlegs and carrying a whip in his hand.
From The Bishop and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
But a growing number of fans say a crackdown on bootlegged merchandise is hampering that spirit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
This is like as close to getting bootlegged as possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
In the salons I went to as a child, I remember men peddling bootlegged movies and fashions to the clients with their hair wrapped or freshly sheened as they dug for cash in their purses.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
Atlanta’s young quarterback, Desmond Ridder, bootlegged for a 6-yard touchdown on fourth-and-4 with just under 12 minutes remaining.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
I wish I could stop one of them and give them sage advice about the future and bootlegged exams.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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With four simple words, a sport that was born out of bootlegging, good ole boys and fast cars graduated from a regional sideshow to a national spectacle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
To combat the bootlegging, his team chose to persuade major retailers to buy scrunchies from them rather than seek damages through litigation.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2022
The Premier League has previously pursued legal action against Saudi links to the bootlegging of its match broadcasts, whose rights are owned by Qatar’s beIN Sports.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2020
This week, more than a century later, officials in Clark County, Idaho, announced that Joseph Henry Loveless, the bootlegging escape artist, had been found.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2020
“What could be more dangerous than a fake quarantine and a town-sponsored bootlegging operation?”
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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