steal
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The FBI said it has disrupted a highly tailored, hard-to-detect cryptocurrency theft scheme by a North Korean hacking group that has managed to steal billions across the world in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
"We don't want people who are jerks. We don't want people who try to steal the show and don’t work well with others," he said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
Previously, so long as they maintained their bind, individuals could work their way round, pulling apart the attacking team's momentum and threatening to steal possession.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
“There’s so much business in the AI space, and it’s like ‘we’d rather steal someone else’s person,’” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Penelope could not help trying to catch a glimpse of the strange man who had tried to steal her Hixby’s Guide.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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Across a preliminary evening and three “days”—“Das Rheingold,” “Die Walküre,” “Siegfried” and “Götterdämmerung”—the dwarf Alberich renounces love, steals the Rhine’s gold and forges an all-powerful ring that Wotan, ruler of the gods, steals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
"Friedreich ataxia is a devastating rare genetic disease that progressively steals a child's ability to walk, speak, play, and ultimately survive," she says.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
Mamukelashvili had 13 points, eight rebounds, three assists and two steals in 30 minutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
He played 16 minutes and had five points and three steals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
He’s all grins as he steals a quick kiss.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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Separately from the FaceStealer scheme, members of the North Korean military, referred by the FBI as “TraderTraitor,” stole more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance on Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
“Just hypothetically, if someone stole a car six years ago, I feel pretty certain that the police are not going to wait six years to come after that person,” she said.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
One copycat AI video stole her joke about asking out a personal trainer -- a bit she once delivered on popular TV host Jimmy Fallon's show.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
The keys allow hackers to use those models, running up charges that are billed to the companies they stole the keys from.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 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
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In one instance, a witness said a member of the Salinas group had stolen necklaces, and prosecutors said law enforcement later found multiple gold necklaces in his backpack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
GC: I think New York is just a much more competitive place and people are very wary of having ideas stolen from them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Even safer U.S. closed-weight models can be stolen, especially by state-level hackers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
To gain access to American AI models, the transfer stations turn to swindlers who steal account credentials, create fake companies to claim free token credits or use stolen credit cards, Vectoral’s Lenhard said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
But he did not admit to stealing the Mona Lisa—he hadn’t stolen it, after all.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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For Chinese spies, he said, “they are as interested in stealing semiconductor technology as they are in stealing stealth fighter-jet technology.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
We’re intruders, stealing glimpses of a private domestic drama not meant for our prying eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
A thief who was stealing a 300-year-old wall piece by piece was caught when a man put a tracking device in one of the stones.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
In recent months, the two countries have traded accusations of stealing AI technologies and jeopardising security.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
“Not mean. More trickster kine. In ancient Hawai‘i, stealing was one honorable profession.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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