steal
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Another of her tunes, Jolene - which finds her pleading with a stunning rival not to steal her man - re-entered the chart at number nine on Friday.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Nitin Gupta, 31, watched a “quite big” marmot steal his hiking pole—then charge his girlfriend when she tried to retrieve it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
One of them, Green says, tends to steal the spotlight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Rockstar meanwhile has scheduled a Netflix preview of "GTA VI" for Thursday ahead of its November 19 launch, which is expected to steal away some of the Gamescom spotlight.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
They hit the kennels and steal meat but they would rather have berries and seeds.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
The bad software, found at sites posing as game-maker RockStar Games, steals credentials, cookies and other information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
James averaged 20.9 points, 7.2 assists, 6.1 rebounds and 1.2 steals a game for the Lakers last season and said he was considering retirement strongly when the campaign concluded.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
He was named the tournament’s best defensive player and earned all-star five honors after leading his team with 16 steals and 12 blocks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
In the end, Seattle outmaneuvered and outbodied the Sparks, snatching steals and flipping the ball around the perimeter until the Storm fired off a shot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
He always orders moo goo gai pan and steals packets of soy sauce to take home.
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
The Mayor of Villena, Fulgencio Cerdán, said the thieves "stole a large part of the treasure," specifically all the gold, El Pais reported.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
That game against the Giants, with Heyward looking on as a Dodgers special assistant for the first time, Freeman stole a base — a rarity in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
To say they stole the show may be discrediting, however, as I’m sure they had it in them all along.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
In the chapter titled “Cerium,” Levi describes how, wracked with hunger, he stole iron-cerium rods to make flints for cigarette lighters so that he could exchange them for bread.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Then once things had finally settled down and the light was out and little Lord Sebastian was asleep, I stole away.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
The exchange says it prohibits trading on stolen confidential information, illegal tips and participation by anyone who can influence the outcome of a bet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
He cited the need to protect babies from being stolen, something that has happened before at government hospitals.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Over three hundred bags containing 400,000 oysters were stolen.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
In the ancient world, plagiarism was viewed quite negatively: The word “plagiarism” actually means “kidnapper” in Latin, and the Roman poet Horace described literary theft like a crow making itself beautiful with stolen feathers.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
In fact, I believe we should demand the return of ALL the treasures that have been stolen from us in the past by foreign nations.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
Ali Eldahouzze, 22, and Abdel El Habchi, 30, are accused of stealing the diamond-encrusted Richard Mille watch from Romanian entrepreneur Catalin Botezatu.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
But in a pantheon of colourful characters, Count Binface, a man wearing a rubbish bin over his head, is stealing the show.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
A man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of burglarizing a Hidden Hills home owned by Kim Kardashian and stealing one of her cars, according to a law enforcement source.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Yaroch hasn’t been charged with stealing the cryptocurrency but with interstate transfer of stolen goods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
They ran roughshod over the whole county—tearing down fences so the cows would get loose, helping themselves to everybody’s crops, and stealing the storekeeper blind.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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