stealing

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In the decades since China joined the world economy, U.S. presidents have traveled to Beijing with a predictable list of demands: stop stealing American intellectual property, don’t force technology transfer, open your markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

And it’s a safe bet that, as long as there’s pull to the idea of stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, there will be more to come.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Powell, from Newport in South Wales, had been jailed in 2019 for his part in stealing 300 Viking coins and gold jewellery he found in a field in Herefordshire in 2015.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

"It's not the stealing of May 1 that should be on parliament's agenda. It's a major plan to raise wages," she said.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

It sounds like stealing the Washington Monument or Niagara Falls; it sounds absurd.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day