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Recent Examples of shoplift
Subsequently, the filmmaker became enamored with airplanes and transferred that same fascination onto Lil Ant, who eyes the planes overhead with palpable yearning and, at one point, shoplifts a toy plane from a store.
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Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2026
Her future became clearer in 1991 after a friend, 15-year-old Latasha Harlins, was shot and killed by a grocer who witnesses said accused the girl of trying to shoplift a bottle of orange juice.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2026
The dejected actor stumbles over to a marketplace to buy a drink, shoplift a lighter, and strike out with a lottery ticket.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 3 Sep. 2025
Hamas was not in Israel to shoplift.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
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Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2026
Her future became clearer in 1991 after a friend, 15-year-old Latasha Harlins, was shot and killed by a grocer who witnesses said accused the girl of trying to shoplift a bottle of orange juice.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2026
The dejected actor stumbles over to a marketplace to buy a drink, shoplift a lighter, and strike out with a lottery ticket.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 3 Sep. 2025
Hamas was not in Israel to shoplift.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoplift
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But for Randy Musterer, owner of Sushi Confidential restaurants in Campbell, Morgan Hill and San Jose, one of the main workforce challenges is competing with tech giants such as Google and Facebook, which are looking to poach his sushi chefs and catering staff for their campus cafeterias.—
Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Only UConn, Villanova, Marquette (maybe) and Creighton seem positioned to succeed, and the Big XII might poach UConn.—
Brendan Marks,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Shortly after opening night, a martini-drunk Richard corners a New York Times critic (Stephen Spinella) who had panned him, snatching his cane and aggressively monologuing Shakespeare at him.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Feb. 2026
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Security cameras captured a masked thief snatching collectible LEGO sets from a shop in Redlands during an early-morning burglary.—
Zach Boetto,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Headline-grabbing cases of apparent fraud at companies like Carriox (which allegedly misled its private-credit lenders) and auto lender Tricolor (where banks got hoodwinked) show there’s plenty of blame to go around.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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The sophomore guard has grabbed the reins for the Red Raiders in Toppin’s absence and was named the Big 12 Conference’s Player of the Week on Monday.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Mar. 2026
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The score stayed that way until Hughes, a New Jersey Devils’ forward, rifled a shot under Binnington’s pads for his fourth score of the tournament, ending both the game and the Games.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Another goal against Fulham on Sunday continued Cunha’s purple patch; collecting a no-look pass from Casemiro on the right of the penalty area before rifling a powerful effort into the roof of Bernd Leno’s net.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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In the nineteenth century, travel to remote frontiers beyond the reach of telegraph had insulated Britain’s men on the spot from London’s authority, conceding them the freedom to seize new territory.—
Alfred McCoy,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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The union representing patrol officers quickly seized on the incident as evidence that respect for officers has declined under the new mayor.—
Anthony Izaguirre,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
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But someone had the idea that a congressional committee ought to pick some stuff to be locked up in the Centennial Safe before it was closed again, to be reopened at the Tricentennial, in 2076.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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At the show, the robot demonstrated fluid, human-like agility, picking itself up, navigating the stage smoothly, and moving its torso and head with natural precision.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Mar. 2026
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Maybe light or noise filters into your room, or your partner starts rustling or snoring around the same time early each morning.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
24 Feb. 2026
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Soon, though, the wall came alive—a colony of rustling and chirping, a frantic rodent argument.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The Republican Party, as an institution, weakened over time, until it could be hijacked by an aspiring dictator.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2026
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Even so, it has been suggested that the plane was hijacked and flown to Russia, or the US airbase on the island of Diego Garcia; others have said it could have been shot down.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Shoplift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoplift. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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