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Recent Examples of burgle Four Chilean men were arrested in connection with the burglary of a string of multimillion-dollar homes, including one on the date Burrow’s home was burgled, though Burrow was not explicitly mentioned in the police report. Eric Levenson, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025 The leak that began the revelation came when unknown persons burgled the headquarters of the Summa Corporation, which was owned by the Hughes Tool Company. David Szondy, New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2025 He was incensed, mistakenly believing that the notepads had been burgled from his barn. Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 Act Two relocates to the offices, looking ransacked after being burgled the night before. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for burgle
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  • Zarutska left Ukraine in August 2022, six months after Russia invaded, to escape the war.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But that changed in 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine.
    Steve Drummond, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • For Christians, the Bible is the word of God, and turning that word into short-form viral content robs it of its power.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
  • But 1976 had nobody — and not even anybody, in fairness, who can feel particularly ‘robbed’ of an England cap.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Burgle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burgle. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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