steal
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“He’d steal the toque off your head the second day, and the third day he’d steal your running shoes. He is not to be trusted whatsoever.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
It would be foolish to start a new, even cheaper S&P 500 index fund today to steal market share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Seventeen Iranians have been charged for allegedly conducting a years long "co-ordinated campaign" of cyber attacks in an effort to steal data from US organisations.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
"I can't let the settlers steal my house while I was watching," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
“Well, no. I was so sure you’d be sleeping that I came to your room to quietly steal a box of cookies for my breakfast. But I’m here now.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
A spokesman for McDonald’s fraud division said it is “expanding fast, securing more resources and here to stay—relentlessly hunting every fraudster who steals from the American people.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
James averaged 20.9 points, 7.2 assists, 6.1 rebounds and 1.2 steals a game for the Lakers last season and said he was considering retirement strongly when the campaign concluded.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
He played an all-around game, collecting four rebounds, three steals and two blocks with zero turnovers in 30 minutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
OK, the fact that Jennifer Coolidge steals the show also helps, as does the stunning cuteness of Buster the teacup chihuahua, along with the evergreen pizazz of the bend-and-snap sequence.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
Their best player attacks, steals the ball, passes it down court to an open man, who shoots it just left of our sub goalie, who normally plays midfielder: Buzzer.
From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander
The Mayor of Villena, Fulgencio Cerdán, said the thieves "stole a large part of the treasure," specifically all the gold, El Pais reported.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Singapore has charged a British man for theft more than two years after he allegedly stole a denim jacket from a store at the airport shopping mall.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
That game against the Giants, with Heyward looking on as a Dodgers special assistant for the first time, Freeman stole a base — a rarity in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
In the chapter titled “Cerium,” Levi describes how, wracked with hunger, he stole iron-cerium rods to make flints for cigarette lighters so that he could exchange them for bread.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Then once things had finally settled down and the light was out and little Lord Sebastian was asleep, I stole away.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
Last week, four works "of extraordinary value" by Renaissance artist Antonello da Messina were stolen from a museum in Sicily, Italy's culture ministry said.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Over three hundred bags containing 400,000 oysters were stolen.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
In the ancient world, plagiarism was viewed quite negatively: The word “plagiarism” actually means “kidnapper” in Latin, and the Roman poet Horace described literary theft like a crow making itself beautiful with stolen feathers.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
The data, per the department, helped officers recover 259 stolen vehicles, locate four missing persons, and aided the investigations of around nine of the city’s 28 homicides in 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
I thought so too, though I doubted they’d stolen the bell rope for plow lines.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Ali Eldahouzze, 22, and Abdel El Habchi, 30, are accused of stealing the diamond-encrusted Richard Mille watch from Romanian entrepreneur Catalin Botezatu.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The “last grizzly killed” has several claimants: In Orange County, it was in February 1908, when a huge steel trap was laid for a bear that had been stealing honeycombs from hives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
But in a pantheon of colourful characters, Count Binface, a man wearing a rubbish bin over his head, is stealing the show.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
“The media industry is a growth driver for the AI economy, and those that tear it down—those that are stealing IP—are hurting growth,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
“In the book, they want to steal a powerful weapon, and in real life, our father’s been accused of stealing a powerful weapon.”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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