stole

Example Sentences

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A new version of Google’s Gemini app stole market share from ChatGPT, and the company missed its target of reaching 1 billion weekly active users for the chatbot by the end of last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

In sometimes testy exchanges with OpenAI's lawyers, and indeed the judge, he has argued Altman and fellow executive Greg Brockman "stole a charity" by pursuing profit-generating initiatives he felt went against its founding mission.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

"We're here today because the defendants in this case stole a charity," said Musk's attorney Steven Molo, the first to address the court ahead of lawyers from OpenAI and Microsoft.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Hyeseong Kim was one of three Dodgers who didn’t score, but the speedy South Korean reached on a single and a walk and twice stole second.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

"Maybe you stole the slippers just so you could write a killer story about it for your website!"

From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene