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Verb
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The Ravens believe in drafting corners every year, and the first-round selection of Nate Wiggins in 2024 won’t prevent them from grabbing another cornerback early.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025 -
Miley has taken a leaner approach the past few years, only grabbing one jersey and leaving the rest in his locker for the clubhouse workers to donate or disperse.—
Brittany Ghiroli,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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This takes the guesswork out of picking a winner.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Apr. 2025
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While picking his brain about the former series, Entertainment Weekly got the creator of both shows — Bruce Miller — to provide an update on the new one.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Commercial burglaries were up the first three months of the year, but a significant part of that is because of repeat offenders, Robinson said.—
Jeff A. Chamer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Apr. 2025
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The Laken Riley Act requires the detention of migrants without legal status, including those allowed into the U.S. to seek asylum, if they have been accused of theft, shoplifting, or burglary.—
Julia Manchester,
The Hill,
11 Apr. 2025
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In March 2023, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Putin for war crimes, accusing him of responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine.—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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The Yale School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab, which was tracking the abductions, had counted more than 30,000 children taken from Ukraine to Russia and Belarus since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022.—
Edward Wong,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Pretending to be dead, Gi-hun and his friends launch a surprise attack, overpowering the guards and seizing their weapons, leaving only one guard alive.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) forces have since received training by Russian forces in the Far East and first engaged in combat with Ukrainian military in November, subsequently seizing their first village in Kursk, Plekhovo, earlier this month.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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He was initially charged with murder, arson and petit larceny, police said.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
14 Feb. 2025
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All three were charged with burglary, petit larceny and criminal trespass.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Now, Alameda County prosecutors claim Montiel is the man who shot and killed an Alameda resident on Dec. 30, a homicide that police say is directly connected to an earlier armed carjacking.—
Nate Gartrell,
The Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2025
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According to crime data, there have been more than 450 carjackings this year.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Robbins, a known shoplifter, was linked to nine incidents of petty larceny, grand larceny and a shoplifting pattern in Midtown at department stores since the start of this year.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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But on Saturday, a New York City police sergeant was arrested and charged with two counts of petty larceny after officials said she was caught shoplifting at a Target on Long Island.—
Shayla Colon,
New York Times,
11 Dec. 2024
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“Shoplifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoplifting. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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