stealing (from)

present participle of steal (from)

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Verb
  • Also in 2007, Spencer was sentenced concurrently to seven years in prison for choking a woman, slamming her head to the ground, and robbing her of her cellphone, and for smashing into a woman's car and ransacking it, prosecutors said.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • Now that shares are hovering just above the company’s opening price, struggling to clear even the mid $150s by midday Wednesday, Musk’s net value has once again shrunk to a still-obscene $957 billion, according to Bloomberg‘s Billionaires Index, robbing him of his new honorific.
    Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • Hotel security believed Zimmerman was intoxicated before his show during soundcheck, reportedly falling and stumbling onstage, throwing microphones, tossing cymbals, knocking over parts of his drum kit, swinging a guitar, and more.
    Peter Burditt, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • Beteille said his group was waved through a metal detector before another security employee pushed them forward, knocking over part of it.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • George Lopez and Joe Rogan are among those to accuse Mencia of ripping off their material, with Rogan and Mencia even once getting into a public confrontation over the matter.
    Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026
  • Instead of ripping off his shirt, or wildly gesticulating, McTominay ran to the edge of the pitch with his hands facing down and his lips pursed.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
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“Stealing (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stealing%20%28from%29. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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