looted
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Around 70,000 security personnel will again be deployed on Saturday as authorities seek to prevent a repeat of October 17 unrest when thousands of businesses were damaged or looted.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
"There is very little to survive on," Yusuf Roble, regional director for Islamic Relief East Africa, told BBC Newsday, describing how people returning to Omdurman were finding their homes destroyed or looted.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
The mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, said that he had witnessed "smashed shop windows, looted stores, and frightened citizens".
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
The brigade command post in Mykilske, where Stupnikov often sat behind a set of screens, was decked out with chairs, sofas, carpets and large-screen televisions looted from local homes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
In fact, their actions were meant to imply that Caesar had already looted the palace and stolen all the silver.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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