thieves
Example Sentences
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When thieves snatched 12 metric tons of KitKats in transit from Italy to Poland, the company capitalized with some free publicity for one of its most famous brands.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
"I wasn't sleeping because I had lots of luggage and King's Cross is bad for thieves," the 31-year-old says.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
According to investigators, the thieves went to the libraries to consult rare and valuable works, photographing and measuring them, and returned later to replace them with virtually undetectable copies.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
That goes the same, she says, for wine thieves.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
He gestures at the bush we’re hiding in, hiding in like thieves.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
