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someone's been thieving my cookies!
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The Epic of Gilgamesh, composed about 4,000 years ago, follows a king who searches the world for a plant that can restore youth, only to lose the plant to a thieving snake.
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Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
The new restaurant will expand upon the whimsical backstory of Crafty Coyote — the pie-thieving crook from the nearby Knott’s Bear-y Farm dark ride who has given up his outlaw ways to open the new eatery next door.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026
These contrasting environments, plus their focus on allowing visitors to thieve bourbon from the barrels and choose their own edition, creates a totally unique Virginia bourbon experience.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2026
Every day, Father What’s-his-face could put up a sign for that day’s person killed, maimed, robbed or raped by some thieving Third World savage from a bleep-hole country.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
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Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
The new restaurant will expand upon the whimsical backstory of Crafty Coyote — the pie-thieving crook from the nearby Knott’s Bear-y Farm dark ride who has given up his outlaw ways to open the new eatery next door.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026
These contrasting environments, plus their focus on allowing visitors to thieve bourbon from the barrels and choose their own edition, creates a totally unique Virginia bourbon experience.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2026
Every day, Father What’s-his-face could put up a sign for that day’s person killed, maimed, robbed or raped by some thieving Third World savage from a bleep-hole country.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Thieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thieve. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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