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stealing

[stee-ling] / ˈsti lɪŋ /


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A BBC team who came to a Greggs to talk to staff and customers about shoplifting were confronted by thieves openly stealing in front of them.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Siri finally works like a chatbot, but AI agent apps such as Instinct and Muse are stealing its thunder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

In the superstar quarterback’s return from knee surgery, Kansas City dismantled the Denver Broncos 31-10 with a Super Bowl MVP running back stealing the show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

But for the Bolts, favored by 9½ points, there would be no thunder stealing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

“Say, that bloke that Miss McQuatters mentioned—the clerk that got arrested for stealing files. Did your mum know him?”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

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

It was quite natural that Mr. Seward’s Yankee correspondents in London and Paris, and Mr. Seward himself, should suppose that money and stealings had had something to do with Mr. Lancaster’s generous conduct.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes




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