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heist

[hahyst] / haɪst /




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Last year’s local productions included “The Hawk,” the jewelry heist drama “Nemesis” and new seasons of L.A.-centric shows such as “Nobody Wants This” and “The Lincoln Lawyer.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Hence her latest caper, which begins with a mission to track down a vintage desk and turns on a dime into a heist tied to a cache of gold.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, “Inception”—a script Nolan worked on for about a decade—is a heady heist film about “extractors” who invade other people’s dreams.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

“You know how in the spy thriller or the heist movie, you’re introduced to the crew at the beginning,” Obama wrote.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

It felt weird leaving the others behind, but they were fighting so we could attempt this heist.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

The heists have prompted calls for better security to protect valuable artworks.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

"She would do anything for her family - and she joins them as a way to protect them from themselves and the real danger that is involved in heists."

From BBC Feb. 9, 2026

Collectors and shop owners have little doubt there’s a link between some heists.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 23, 2026

The uptick in high-profile heists is a massive and elusive headache for cash-strapped museums already under pressure to attract tourists and showcase their collections even as they sidestep political tripwires.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

She wasn’t investigating the jewelry heists and grave robbing I’d read about in the newspapers.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Basically, the big internet platforms gobble up news outlets’ products and work without paying for it and build their own ad programs around the heisted articles.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2024

The saga of Kelly’s heisted honeybees would rattle the beekeeper and the clients who sought his specially bred bees.

From Seattle Times Aug. 13, 2021

The interface for the Archive looks like a set of old file cabinets that might have been heisted from an old-time bail bondsman’s office.

From New York Times Aug. 20, 2019

During the latter stages of the LP’s production, the Beatles famously heisted one of EMI Studios’ experimental eight-track machines and produced several tracks with that more expansive sound palette.

From Salon Nov. 9, 2018

The lid was heisted, and mighty well it was.

From Successful Recitations by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)

In fact, heisting Manhattan turns out to be less farfetched than it sounds.

From Time Magazine Archive

The instrumental track "You Wish" beautifully invokes the spirit of Hendrix's "All Along The Watchtower" without ever wholesale heisting the original.

From Time Magazine Archive




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