steal
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In a lawsuit filed Friday, Apple alleged that a senior OpenAI executive, who once sat atop Apple’s own product design team, was involved in a monthslong campaign to steal Apple trade secrets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Apple on Friday sued OpenAI, accusing the artificial intelligence company of orchestrating a campaign to steal the iPhone maker's trade secrets as it tries to develop its own consumer hardware device.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Salgado Araujo’s family said he might not have known the people in unmarked vehicles were ICE officers and instead thought they were going to steal his tools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Apple has sued OpenAI and one of its lead executives, alleging that the artificial-intelligence lab attempted to steal confidential information from the iPhone maker.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Grown men shouldn’t be trying to steal from us.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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
OK, the fact that Jennifer Coolidge steals the show also helps, as does the stunning cuteness of Buster the teacup chihuahua, along with the evergreen pizazz of the bend-and-snap sequence.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
Rowsell climbs onto the drum riser and steals Amey's bumblebee sunglasses while screaming into a megaphone.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Masse, 22, doesn’t use AI in his personal life and he says he wouldn’t use it at work “because of the environmental impact of AI and how it literally steals from people.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
He hoards fast-food ketchup packets and steals the small containers of jam from restaurant tables.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
Suit Up: Apple sued OpenAI and one of its top executives Friday alleging the AI company stole trade secrets as part of its effort to develop competing devices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
"They stole everything: our clothes, shoes, utensils, pots, cups, glasses."
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
I picked him up at Los Angeles International Airport and took him straight to Zuma Beach for a picnic, where we watched dolphins jumping in the waves while the seagulls stole our potato chips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
On a day that had seemed destined for India's historic teenage debutant, Ireland's pair of new fast bowlers stole the show on their first appearances.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
"The person who stole Kendra's recipe is probably a kid," she said slowly.
From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene
The report found that 337 alerts did lead to the recovery of a stolen vehicle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Unlike past UAW leaders, no one alleges Fain has stolen money or taken bribes, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Authorities did not say whether the stolen manuscripts were recovered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
What’s more, China has a history of pilfering technology to get ahead: In 2025, one in five European companies in China said that Chinese firms had stolen technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Whether I had dropped it or it had been stolen, the bread was gone, and with it the ration coupons.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The participants giggle, nervously stealing glances from their prospective matches.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
North Korea, which has mastered the art of stealing crypto through hacks and other cybercrimes, has used it to buy fuel and military equipment, officials say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
But was it an egregious, personal error, akin to Totenberg stealing into Alito’s hotel room and absconding with an internal organ, as it has been widely treated?
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
AFP previously investigated a multilingual trend of videos stealing seniors’ identities to bait users into sympathetic purchases of slippers and dog collars.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
“I want you to stop stealing the seeds I’m planting. I need them for my experiment!”
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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