robbery
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Nerves crept in, and as the match entered extra time, Spain began to fear that this final would go down as un robo, a robbery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
California’s crime rate dropped last year to historic lows in several major categories, including violent crimes like robbery and homicides, with property crimes and incidents of car thefts also down, state officials announced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
The case came to the Supreme Court from a bank robbery that happened in Richmond, Virginia, in 2019.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
The case was brought by Okello Chatrie, identified as a suspect in a 2019 Virginia bank robbery after investigators obtained a warrant to search cellphone location data stored by Google.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
My cousin complains it’s robbery and says she isn’t a fool.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
In Westminster, where between 69% and 72% of thefts from the person and personal robberies each week involve phones, there has been a reduction of 45.8% so far this year.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Court records from the Old Bailey reveal that people often prioritized their hats over money during robberies.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026
Feigin, the Justice Department attorney, said a ruling for Chatrie “would impede the investigation of kidnappings, robberies, shootings and other crimes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
Richard Reigel, 46, who spent about a decade as a police officer in Oakdale and nearby towns before moving to Ohio, could “honestly recall maybe two, maybe three” such robberies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
She was not frightened by rumors of robberies and assaults, but, somehow, she was reluctant to go for Brigid’s sake.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
