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stole

[stohl] / stoʊl /


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BBC File on 4 Investigates has been on the trail of the man who stole from all of us - and seemingly got away with it.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

He stole the basketball and took it the length of the court for a two-handed dunk in the first quarter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

The child's mother, Wiley, has denied she and her friend stole nappies from the store.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The WSJ’s Esther Fung writes that thieves stole nearly $1 million worth of trading cards from a FedEx truck in Santa Ana, Calif., last week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Penelope sewed and stole glances at the stage, and a part of her wished it would never end, but at last the ballet was over.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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

Young’s wife, Nitaya, made around 500 stoles out of colorful cloth last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 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

Actually, their tour of the Fontainebleau’s gaudy premises went unnoticed, amid the men striding about in Bermuda shorts of candy-striped raw silk, and the women wearing bathing suits and mink Answer 201 stoles simultaneously.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote


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