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Verb
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Edwards delivered in a big way, scoring a career-high 53 points, hitting 10 3-pointers and grabbing six rebounds.—
Jon Krawczynski,
The Athletic,
5 Jan. 2025 -
But those are just two headline-grabbing crimes.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
5 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Reserving restaurants, purchasing park hoppers, and picking your favorite room in advance can all be done via app or phone.—
Annemarie Dooling,
USA TODAY,
8 Jan. 2025
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Instead of picking an immediate replacement for the 60-year-old morning show mainstay to join Bush Hager, the show will try out different A-listers to find the best fit.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Villalobos-Infante and Sosa have pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree burglary, conspiracy and grand theft that were filed in San Bernardino County Superior Court.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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David Juarez, 19, was arrested on suspicion of burglary and grand theft.—
Cameron Macdonald,
The Mercury News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Mary was also missing at this time, mentioned as a possible abduction victim on the Amber Alert, per the Miami Herald.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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Source: Mongabay The Brussels Court of Appeal ordered the government to compensate five multiracial victims of colonial abductions Belgium ruled what are now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda from 1908 to 1960.—
Troy Aidan Sambajon,
The Christian Science Monitor,
15 Feb. 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
Noun
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According to their mother, Susan, the boys been kidnapped in a carjacking.—
Dateline NBC,
NBC News,
19 Feb. 2025
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In July 2020, Ball was the victim of a violent carjacking when two men beat him and then stole his car.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Nesbitt-Hall lives in Rahway, N.J., and has three prior Staten Island arrests, two for petty larceny and one for grand larceny, police said.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Johnson was charged with three counts of kidnapping and one count each of impersonating a law enforcement officer, petty larceny, assault and battery, according to jail records.—
Artemis Moshtaghian,
CNN,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Shoplifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoplifting. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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