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stealing

[stee-ling] / ˈsti lɪŋ /


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That’s because stealing, begging or borrowing material in service of an artistic creation made by real people is enormously different from some corporation doing it to build a better Mechanical Turk.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

"The goal is to keep the ghost student in school as long as possible. Semester after semester after semester stealing money from the taxpayers," McDonald said.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The alleged Coral traders who sold the diesel, frustrated that Soglayev hadn’t paid them, pursued him before an arbitration tribunal in Dubai, accusing him of having oversold his capabilities and effectively stealing the fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

"It never occurred to me that maybe I was getting clients and someone else was stealing from me," she tells the BBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Because of this theory, stealing art became different from other sorts of stealing.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

It was the Dodgers’ first game with three caught stealings since 2021, and it made Smith the first Dodgers catcher with three individually since Russell Martin in 2010.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2025

Oller erased two runners on caught stealings he initiated, and the other was retired on a double-play grounder in the best outing of his young career.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2022

Hassell, the No. 8 overall pick in the 2020 draft, has hit .296 in Class A ball the last two seasons and has 57 stolen bases versus only nine caught stealings.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 17, 2022

He struggled on the basepaths last year with six caught stealings in 14 attempts, but he’s a perfect 5-for-5 this season after his four-steal weekend.

From Washington Times ● May 30, 2022

Their stealings included the twelve life-size statues of the Apostles, which were of silver.

From The Story of Malta by Maturin Murray Ballou


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