thieve

Example Sentences

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The Nats have led the majors in stolen bases all season, rejecting a trend: Never risk an out — and a chance to swing for the fences — to thieve one measly base.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2019

The scouting report is out, and they start to thieve second like it’s a jewelry store with a salamander for a security guard.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2016

Four Women Simone’s interpretations of existing songs were so emphatic that other artists would often thieve her version rather than the original performer’s.

From The Guardian • Mar. 2, 2016

The motherbirds thieve the air To appease them.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 31, 2014

No one but Kunthi, coming stealthily by night to thieve from us what little we had, unashamed as she was and always had been.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya