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stole

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verb

past tense of steal

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stole
Noun
Rihanna draped herself in a deliberately rangy stole. Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024 The building opened on Jan. 14, 1950, with a gala event attended by men in suits, women in cocktail dresses wrapped in mink stoles. Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2024 Moreno stood and awarded each student a yellow stole. Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Sep. 2024 The amount Smith stole was roughly equivalent to the town’s annual budget. Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stole 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stole
Noun
  • The star accessorized with a matching pink shawl draped around her elbows, layered necklaces and chunky bangle bracelets.
    Hedy Phillips, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Anya Taylor-Joy, dressed in a pale pink archival Dior dress, draped a thin silk shawl around her elbows, which added some contrast to her open back.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The watches were swiped from Reeves’ Hollywood Hills home in December 2023, according to police.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Where there once were homes and gardens was now a wide furrow of dirt, as if a giant had swiped his foot across it.
    Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The man had been robbed, and his credit card had been used all over town.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Mother and daughter attacked, robbed over parking space dispute at Citadel Outlets.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Sevilla snuck in between Tchouameni and Asencio, with eventual scorer Dodi Lukebakio taking advantage of a mistake from goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who doesn’t usually make them.
    Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Tears of joy flowed when a daughter snuck home early for Christmas to surprise her mom after two years of traveling.
    Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Turkey Avocado Pinwheels Audrey Bruno Whole grain wrap + sliced turkey + avocado In addition to requiring zero cooking, this idea from Harbstreet is also highly adaptable.
    Audrey Bruno, SELF, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The pair will kick off the trek April 23 at the National in Richmond, Virginia, while the run wraps May 12 at the Admiral in Omaha, Nebraska.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • On their way out the door, Kinch grabbed the pistol and placed it in the console of his truck.
    Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Multiple officers grabbed Kerley and attempted to take him to the ground.
    Zach Powell, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In 2019, she was arrested again after jumping over the wall of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s mansion while wearing a serape and sombrero.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
  • In 2018, Valero worked with the Tamayo brothers, of one of the last remaining serape-weaving families, to create Bouquets, a series of 12 collagelike rugs that pushed formal boundaries with semicircles and ellipses that overspilled the rectangular perimeter’s edges.
    New York Times, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2021
Verb
  • The city slipped into a recession, and things got harder.
    Dodai Stewart, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The movie slipped to fifth, third, and sixth ranks in the following weeks.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025

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“Stole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stole. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.

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