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Recent Examples of shoplift
In Kelly Reichardt’s quietly shattering drama, Michelle Williams plays a drifter stranded in Oregon who’s separated from her beloved dog, Lucy, after she’s arrested for shoplifting food.
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2025
The 54-year-old reality TV personality, whose legal name is Mike Malin Breitner, was arrested at a CVS store in Southern California on Jan. 29 after allegedly shoplifting from a different CVS location nearby, Burbank Police Department confirmed to Entertainment Weekly on Friday.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2025
The Big Brother alum was arrested on Jan. 29 after allegedly shoplifting from multiple CVS stores in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, the Burbank Police Department confirmed to PEOPLE.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
The same can be said for non-substance addictions, whereby generative AI can drive someone toward gambling disorders, eating disorders, exercising or dieting disorders, shoplifting disorders, video gaming disorders, social media use disorders, and so on.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2025
The 54-year-old reality TV personality, whose legal name is Mike Malin Breitner, was arrested at a CVS store in Southern California on Jan. 29 after allegedly shoplifting from a different CVS location nearby, Burbank Police Department confirmed to Entertainment Weekly on Friday.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2025
The Big Brother alum was arrested on Jan. 29 after allegedly shoplifting from multiple CVS stores in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, the Burbank Police Department confirmed to PEOPLE.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
The same can be said for non-substance addictions, whereby generative AI can drive someone toward gambling disorders, eating disorders, exercising or dieting disorders, shoplifting disorders, video gaming disorders, social media use disorders, and so on.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoplift
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Later, one of the company’s favorite tactics was to poach its competitors’ best engineers and coders—bad form, perhaps, but a good business tactic.—
James Surowiecki,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2025
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However, Whalen reached in and poached it.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Their namesake bills can probe into the ground to snatch deep-burrowing creatures, whether crabs, shrimp or worms and other invertebrates.—
Carlyn Kranking,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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His father, Wilmer Gutiérrez, is now searching for answers after his son was snatched by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
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Antetokounmpo finished the game by scoring 36 points, grabbing 13 rebounds, and blocking two shots.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Apr. 2025
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Police said that once Davis left the apartment, the surviving 10-year-old quickly grabbed her baby brother, locked the door and called for help.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Lloris managed to get a strong hand to it but the ball still flew into the roof of the net — this one was rifled.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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As Max Muncy waved through strike three on an elevated fastball, Realmuto popped up from his crouch and rifled Taylor down.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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These results suggest that media-savvy Democrats who seize this moment to call out Trump and the MAGA agenda could put themselves in a strong position to become the next leader of the Democratic Party.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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No law in this country permits the president to seize federal funds and to just keep them until an institution complies with his personal will.—
Destinee Adams,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2025
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Van Lith was picked in the first round by the Chicago Sky.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Apr. 2025
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Throughout the week, The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler, Joe Smith and Jeremy Rutherford were on site and picked the players’ brains about, well, each other.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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The tree stands tall now, shielding multigenerational families from the sun at the edge of the same square, where bright concentric circles under rustling garlands encourage romvong circular dance.—
Jia H. Jung,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2025
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The near silences are fulsome: A light wind rustles a pine tree, and corn husks make that unmistakable scratching sound.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2025
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Miami, after a 37-45 NBA regular season wrought with chaos and controversy, hijacked by the Jimmy Butler drama and trade, has fed its fans late cause to hope, at least, if not quite believe yet.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
19 Apr. 2025
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An American citizen was shot and killed by a passenger on Thursday during his attempt to hijack a plane in Belize.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Shoplift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoplift. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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