burgle
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With lunch approaching in Sydney and Australia attempting to burgle some overs to hasten the second new ball, the hosts asked Marnus Labuschagne to bowl some of his very occasional medium-pace.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026
"There were guards at duty free as if we were going to burgle it," he told the BBC.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2022
“You make it as hard as possible for burglars in hopes that they look for some other house to burgle, but it’s impossible to ever completely secure your house.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2019
Ford’s conversion took England to within five points and they had two minutes to burgle a victory.
From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2015
The pile towered above me like a mausoleum, and I reflected that it must take some nerve to burgle an empty house.
From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John
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