robber
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The robber turned out to be an Italian glazier who helped frame the museum's paintings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
She also analyzed just how rich the robber barons of "The Gilded Age" are.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
The robber clique turns out to have its own bosses, too, as well as the most visible fractures in their unit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
In 2007, he was given a police award for bravery after tackling a robber who was attacking a delivery man with a baseball bat.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
One actor is playing a police officer, the other a robber he’s chasing.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Prosecutor Arizuna Asante said Botezatu was smoking with a friend near to his car when the robbers approached.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
But this isn’t a case about cops and robbers.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
Rather than putting out a dry statement promising to cooperate with the authorities, five employees crafted a jokey response saying the robbers had taken KitKat’s “have a break” slogan a little too literally.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Until then, we’ll have to endure him playing a few more rounds of cops and robbers.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
We chant: Not last night but the night before Twenty-four robbers come to my back door And this is what they said ... to .. . me!
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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