stole

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In sometimes testy exchanges with OpenAI's lawyers, and indeed the judge, he has argued Altman and fellow executive Greg Brockman "stole a charity" by pursuing profit-generating initiatives he felt went against its founding mission.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

"We're here today because the defendants in this case stole a charity," said Musk's attorney Steven Molo, the first to address the court ahead of lawyers from OpenAI and Microsoft.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

But what stole the show was a performance of Ben Platt’s cover of Addison Rae’s hit song “Diet Pepsi.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The organizer of New York’s annual SantaCon bar crawl belongs on the naughty list, federal prosecutors said Wednesday, alleging he stole money that he claimed would go to charity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

We stole past, keeping well out of the way of the film crew, then went by even more sets before we came out the other end of the warehouse.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu