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  • past tense form of steal.
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stole

[stohl] / stoʊl /


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He then stole second base, drawing an errant throw that allowed him to advance to third.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Hackers using a Chinese AI tool attacked South Korea’s biggest banks and stole the personal information of 68,000 people, showcasing the danger AI agent incursions could pose to the global financial system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Each group allegedly stole an average of four to 10 cats per night, according to a police statement in Ho Chi Minh City police department's official newspaper.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Chinese swimming sensation Yu Zidi, just 13, stole the show in the pool with three gold medals, all in Games-record times.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

And Cassiopeia, with a look of deepest contentment on her sweet little girl’s face, wrapped ’round the creature’s neck like a fox fur stole.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

More than 2 pounds of honor cords, pins, stoles and medallions — a stash rivaling that of a supreme Allied commander — crashed to the dirt outside the 18-year-old’s Adelanto home.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

Protesters, some wearing clerical stoles draped over their shoulders, knelt while singing hymns and reciting the Lord’s Prayer in frigid conditions before being handcuffed and led away, video showed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

Around their necks, they all too appropriately wear stoles that read: “Fight Poverty, Not the Poor” and “Jesus Was Homeless.”

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2025

But Francis seemed energized by his visit to the Rebibbia prison, where he was given a basket of vegetables grown in the prison garden as well as two liturgical stoles embroidered by the inmates.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2024

I’d found images of women wearing snug-fitting cheongsams styled with scarves, stoles, jackets, and flowing robes.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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