Example Sentences

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In Meet the Shoplifters, Dooley asks shoplifters about their motivations.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025

For "Monster" Kore-eda once again teamed up with Sakura Ando, who starred in his 2018 Palmes d' Or winner "Shoplifters," and who portrays Saori in the new film.

From Reuters • May 18, 2023

Japanese writer/director Hirokazu Kore-eda's films — "Shoplifters," and "Still Walking" among them — are gentle dramas that sneak up on viewers, becoming achingly poignant and unexpectedly moving.

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2022

Shoplifters “just walk out the door,” laments Beth Hernandez, a long-time Othello shopper who was standing in the Safeway parking lot on a recent Monday.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2022

Shoplifters were so common as to be a stale topic.

From Within the Law by Veiller, Bayard