stolen
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Appeared in the December 9, 2025, print edition as 'Matisse Artworks Are Stolen in Brazil'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
The Arbitration Panel for Stolen Goods from the Nazi Era will issue binding decisions and "better address the cases still open today", a government statement said.
From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025
Arlie Hochschild found that many of them experience a sense of "Stolen Pride."
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2024
The girl is also at the centre of an abduction plot - something community leader Sue-Anne Hunter called a "particularly insensitive choice", given the "painful historical context" of the Stolen Generations.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024
This should not be surprising, given the Eyewash Incident and the Stolen Turtle Incident, but it’s still annoying.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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