steal
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Berlin is being blackmailed by hackers who were able to compromise city systems and steal data earlier this month, its mayor has said.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Federal prosecutors say two men led a multistate scam, posing as a San Francisco 49ers player and adviser to steal $1.3 million from at least 26 women.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
It would be foolish to start a new, even cheaper S&P 500 index fund today to steal market share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The Department of Justice said the hackers were part of an alleged "sweeping, state-sponsored" effort to steal data.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Penelope cried, for she could not bear to see the cannibal book spirited away before they could finish reading it—not after all they had done to find it, and steal it, and visibilize it, too!
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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
First inning, Shohei Ohtani walks, steals second, jogs to third on a single by Freddie Freeman, scores on a grounder by Mookie Betts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 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
There are bars on the ground floor windows, not because we’re criminals or anything like that, but so no one busts in and steals from a bunch of kids who’ve already lost enough.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
Jeff Weit, 66, now ties his shoes together at camp after a marmot stole one on a previous trip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
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
Singapore has charged a British man for theft more than two years after he allegedly stole a denim jacket from a store at the airport shopping mall.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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
“I packed champagne and apricots. But then you stole Olka.”
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Also on Thursday was one of the most important troves of prehistoric jewellery and artefacts was stolen from a Spanish museum.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Over three hundred bags containing 400,000 oysters were stolen.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Heyward was the more hyped prospect, and the star of the East in that game, with four stolen bases, a pair of hits and two RBIs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 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
“What if his real parents came forward, wherever they are? What if they told their story?—‘Our son, stolen away from us .
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
"We look through the garbage so we can eat without stealing or hurting anyone," said Manuel Sanchez Angeira, 50, who has mouth cancer.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
The “last grizzly killed” has several claimants: In Orange County, it was in February 1908, when a huge steel trap was laid for a bear that had been stealing honeycombs from hives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
“The media industry is a growth driver for the AI economy, and those that tear it down—those that are stealing IP—are hurting growth,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
He did so again last week, claiming that the popular Kimi 3 AI model from China's Moonshot AI was developed by stealing information from Anthropic.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
But was she telling the truth about not stealing the slippers?
From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene
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