steal
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“It starts to steal market share from equities.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
But Schusser said its new venture was not trying to steal customers.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Thieves have exploited antiquated magnetic stripes on benefits cards to steal hundreds of millions of public dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
“I want to steal Baby Judge Judy back from AI,” Sheindlin told Amy Poehler on an episode of the “Good Hang” podcast last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
“I didn’t steal a watch,” Sara answered, flashing him a look.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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She is third all-time in rebounds with 3,571 and third in steals with 716.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
"The great Guinness robbery" is the Daily Star's top story, headlining on "truck gang steals 70k pints".
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Somewhere between the Pyrenees and Santiago, I learned that when life steals your momentum, maybe the answer is to just keep walking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
In her 16 games this season, she is averaging 9.4 points, 2.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.2 steals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Like the fact that Jakob has no idea that Beryl steals looks at him.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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Loui is battling Kao in court to recover the millions he contends Kao stole from the company.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Floyd Samba's scintillating first-team debut not only stole the show at Etihad Stadium on Thursday but also snatched all the headlines away from another high-profile teenager in Manchester.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Wade was found guilty of commercial burglary and auto theft over a decade ago after he stole Fieri’s Lamborghini from a British Motors in San Francisco, where the car was being repaired.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
In doing that, Moscow stole a march on its adversaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
They even stole Mrs. Johanneson’s concrete birdbath, for the goldfish, I guess.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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He entered Thursday with a .309 batting average, fourth-best in baseball, while leading the American League with 46 stolen bases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The FBI says it is investigating a reported breach of its system after a cybercrime group claimed to have stolen sensitive information on thousands of bureau personnel.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Police said the gun had been reported stolen from a car in Kansas City, Mo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
There are no recent official estimates of how much money has been stolen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The Paris-Journal hinted that these men might have stolen the Mona Lisa too.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Some fraud experts say the U.S. should scrap EBT cards and move to mobile wallet payments, given growing bot-driven crime and other means of stealing chip-card data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The BBC has been given special access to a police unit that says it has been disrupting organised crime gangs responsible for stealing millions of pounds worth of goods from shops across the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
A BBC team who came to a Greggs to talk to staff and customers about shoplifting were confronted by thieves openly stealing in front of them.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“I don’t think that stealing for hire, when it comes to paintings, exists,” Mr. Wittman says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
I keep stealing glances at her hair, and she notices.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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