stealing

Example Sentences

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But economic life along Route 66 has been precarious since the late 1960s, when interstate highways and chain hotels began stealing traffic away from the older, slower road.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

To be accused of stealing one’s poems when the poems were the last shelter of the self was an unusual cruelty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

To reach $1.8 trillion, every single one would have to be stealing nearly $35,000 a year from government coffers.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

"Mr de la Espriella is used to stealing things, now he's stealing the Colombian national team jersey," Cepeda said a day after the first round of voting, which was won by De la Espriella.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

They’re exiles who go around stealing Remarkable items and artifacts.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas