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someone's been thieving my cookies!
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Or the victim of a thieving CFO? Watchdog group seeks investigation into Inland Empire Congressman Ken Calvert.
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
Despite being half the age of most wildlife photographers, Parham has covered a lot of ground in the Bay Area — documenting birds of prey, bobcats, coyotes and the thieving red foxes whose antics stealing food from distracted golfers are infamous at San Jose’s Los Lagos Golf Course.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 6 July 2024
Easier said than done for the roly-poly panda, who befriends a thieving fox (Awkwafina) and faces a shape-shifting villainess (Viola Davis) who magically steals other martial arts masters' abilities.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 3 July 2024
Listen to this article An Upper East Side man who had a wheel of his BMW stolen in October walked out of his apartment Tuesday morning to find a second one had been thieved from the car in almost the exact same spot.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2024
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
Despite being half the age of most wildlife photographers, Parham has covered a lot of ground in the Bay Area — documenting birds of prey, bobcats, coyotes and the thieving red foxes whose antics stealing food from distracted golfers are infamous at San Jose’s Los Lagos Golf Course.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 6 July 2024
Easier said than done for the roly-poly panda, who befriends a thieving fox (Awkwafina) and faces a shape-shifting villainess (Viola Davis) who magically steals other martial arts masters' abilities.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 3 July 2024
Listen to this article An Upper East Side man who had a wheel of his BMW stolen in October walked out of his apartment Tuesday morning to find a second one had been thieved from the car in almost the exact same spot.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2024
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“Thieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thieve. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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