thief
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I know comparison is the thief of joy, but how do you stop comparing yourself to the people around you?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
"For the majority of the people, they look at him as a thief," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Installation at a checkout counter takes seconds, often while a thief blocks a clerk’s view with an item such as a 12-pack of paper towels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Shehu’s lawyer says his client is neither a drug dealer nor a land thief, and never dealt directly with Kushner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Were they still searching for the thief from the night before?
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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There are now window railings at the upper-level Apollo Gallery where thieves broke in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Even if museums or individual artworks are alarmed, the real chase tends to begin only after the thieves have fled, Kelly said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Investigations reporter NJ Convery has been out with police as they hunt for thieves.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
"Havering has been affected quite badly," PC Yoosef Outaleb tells us - partly because thieves use the back roads as a cut-through to neighbouring Essex.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Oh, well, turns out whenever the elders were summoned beneath Isihlangu, a feast was in order—never mind that it was because we had arrived as thieves in the night.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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Excerpt from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
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