robbery
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The company was caught off guard: Antinori had never experienced a robbery before, Cotarella said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Metzker explained that after the robbery, he now carries one phone that he takes out on the street, and one that he keeps at home with all his banking applications on it.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
A man in Wichita Falls, Texas, just across the state line, said that he’d sold a Kawasaki Ninja sport bike to Oxford and Walters after the robbery; they’d paid $3,200 in $100 bills.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
A Paris court awarded the symbolic $1.15 to Kardashian on Tuesday, just weeks shy of the 10th anniversary of the armed robbery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
He sat down and began at once, “Well, and beyond the starving of people, which is no news, the greatest news was the robbery at the House of Hwang.”
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
The number of recorded mobile phone thefts and robberies fell to 62,029 in the year ending August 2026, compared to 78,344 for the same period the previous year - a drop of 20%.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The heist is the latest in a string of such robberies in France including the daylight theft last year of crown jewellery valued at around $100 million from the Louvre in Paris.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Several robberies targeting Pokémon cards have occurred across several states in 2026 alone.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
And the follow-home robberies and street takeovers that captured the public’s attention in recent years have largely subsided.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 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
