as in robbed
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
little wonder that the store went out of business, as its employees had been stealing from it for years
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McCoy was once considered a top-10 pick, but the 6-foot, 195-pound corner sustained a torn ACL during offseason workouts in January 2025 that robbed him of his junior season.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
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The terrifying story of how Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint during Paris Fashion Week in 2016 is being made into a Canal+ doc series.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
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Balogun equalized with a penalty in the 59th after being knocked over by goalkeeper Donovan Léon.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Apr. 2026
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See where tornadoes touched down, hail sizes reported, trees knocked over and roads closed due to flooding.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Boerkircher pushed Hunter around for 15 yards before the future Heisman Trophy winner and second overall pick by Jacksonville last year ripped off his helmet.—
Mark Long,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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Konecny ripped off his helmet and dropped his gloves and beckoned Rust to fight him.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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He was sacked at Fenerbahce after losing in the Champions League play-offs to, well, Benfica, who hired him a couple of weeks later.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert was sacked 54 times in 2025, third most in the NFL, and finding offensive line depth was among the team’s priorities entering the draft.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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The park said all riders were safely taken off the coaster, according to a statement obtained by Western Mass News.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Buttercup and her babies are being monitored by animal keepers and veterinary staff, and the pair are sometimes taken off exhibit to limit crowd exposure.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Apr. 2026
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After the next batter struck out, senior third baseman Grant Umbright smashed a single that nearly knocked off the third baseman’s glove before hurtling into left field.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Orlando Magic knocked off the Detroit Pistons, the top seed in the Eastern Conference.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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The 2025 Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act, or HEAR Act, expands on a 2016 law, signed by President Barack Obama, that permits victims and descendants of victims of the Holocaust to lay legal claim to works of art looted by the Nazis or sold to the Nazis under false pretenses.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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All the State Forensic Authority’s DNA analysis labs were looted and destroyed in the fighting.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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Magyar has called for all of Orbán’s cronies in the government to resign and has committed to holding to account those who plundered Hungary.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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The collapse of Prospect Medical, a for-profit hospital chain plundered by private equity and the company’s management, has generated a painful litany of woes.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Stolen (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stolen%20%28from%29. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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