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muggers

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The robbers were under the impression that the warehouse held foreign currency but instead found 6,800 candy-bar-sized gold ingots alongside diamonds, travelers checks, and precious metals.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
On Saturday, around seven masked robbers shut off the alarms and surveillance cameras surrounding one of Marchesi Antinori’s cellars in Cortona.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

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Need to Know A police chief and travel agent on Tiktok says to only carry a crossbody bag on vacation in order to avoid becoming a target for pickpockets.

— Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2026
After a close call with pickpockets in Italy, my mom upgraded her backpack to this crossbody bag.

— Brooke Knappenberger, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2026

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Sadiq said two attackers detonated explosives inside the compound Saturday morning and that police had killed six assailants so far, not including the bombers.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
This option from Vantamo flashes a bright light and emits a 130-decibel sound from dual speakers whenever the top pin is pulled, alerting passersby of the emergency and scaring off potential assailants.

— Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2026

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In the decade of violent conflicts that followed, attacks on border towns and seizures of American property by revolutionaries and bandits prompted the United States to send two military expeditions into Mexico.

— Robert B. Zoellick, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2026
Joining Prue is her classmate Curtis Mehlberg (Jacob Tremblay), and the two enter a world of talking animals, bandits and powerful figures driven by grief and ambition.

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of bandits

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Investigators later determined that attackers gained control through a SIM swap involving the phone number associated with the SEC account.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Data breaches hand attackers the right facts, and generative AI can now supply a matching face and voice.

— Caryn Seidman Becker, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of attackers

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Wild to me though that something that expensive would just be dropped off with porch pirates out there.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Jamal convened a press conference proclaiming to be able to communicate by phone with Somali pirates who were holding a Nigerian ship hostage.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026

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