stolen

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Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has asked the home secretary for legislation to make phone companies publish data on stolen devices, and to enforce measures rendering handsets effectively unusable.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

It takes quite a while to reveal that Daniel has stolen from the evil corporation thumb drives containing classified files about the history of alien encounters, dating back to events in Roswell, N.M., in 1947.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

None of the stolen works have been found, though BnF lawyer Alexandre de Konn said the institution "has not given up hope of recovering these works".

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The machine is believed to have been stolen from a farm in nearby St Mellons.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Someone unloaded the passengers’ luggage on the dock, but most of it has been stolen.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly