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In just seven minutes, the thieves had made off with loot estimated at a value greater than $100 million.
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Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 25 Nov. 2025
French authorities have seized four more people in connection with the October robbery of the Louvre in which thieves made off with some of the country’s crown jewels.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 25 Nov. 2025
Police said that when the workers went inside the gas station, thieves made off with cash.
—Jermont Terry, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2025
The brazen daytime robbery shook Paris on October 19, when a group of thieves broke into the Louvre Museum’s Apollon Gallery and made off with eight culturally priceless pieces of the French crown jewels.
—Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2025
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Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 25 Nov. 2025
French authorities have seized four more people in connection with the October robbery of the Louvre in which thieves made off with some of the country’s crown jewels.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 25 Nov. 2025
Police said that when the workers went inside the gas station, thieves made off with cash.
—Jermont Terry, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2025
The brazen daytime robbery shook Paris on October 19, when a group of thieves broke into the Louvre Museum’s Apollon Gallery and made off with eight culturally priceless pieces of the French crown jewels.
—Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2025
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“Make off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20off. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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