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pilferage

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In the second novel of the Amina al-Sirafi fantasy series, Chakraborty sets her pirate protagonist out onto the high seas for some perilous pilfering after being dragged into her partner’s problems.

— Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 8 May 2026

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State authorities have said that police were responding to a shoplifting call at a Walmart when an officer fired at the car Kohen was in.

— Bracey Harris, NBC news, 1 July 2026
The shooting occurred on June 14, after law enforcement officers responded to a shoplifting call in Senatobia, according to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 June 2026

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Le Pen was sentenced in March 2025 to four years in prison, with two suspended, and a five-year ban on running for office, over her National Rally party’s alleged embezzlement of European Union funds.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2026
Turner was charged with three felony counts of embezzlement of more than $100,000 from L-Town Charities, based out of Denver, North Carolina.

— Mark Price July 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026

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They were filled with protesters — including outraged members of a teachers’ union and relatives of kidnapping victims — as well as fans skeptical of a team that, four years earlier, posted its worst World Cup performance since 1978.

— Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Razia showed up at the scene not to aid in a kidnapping, but to confront her online tormentor, Sacks maintained.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026

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Government spokesman Bayo Onanuga did not specify the total number of students rescued but authorities said at the time of the abductions from two secondary schools on May 15 that more than 40 people had been abducted.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Savannah’s absence has nothing to do with the case of her 84-year-old mother Nancy Guthrie’s abduction.

— Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

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