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Origin of stealing
1300–50; Middle English steling (gerund). See steal, -ing 1, -ing 2
Vocabulary lists containing stealing
Example Sentences
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Stealing significant market share from Nvidia is far from a foregone conclusion, investors and analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
"If I was to get into any debt with energy it would scare me," she told BBC Radio 4's Stealing Power documentary.
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2024
Instead of, you know, being the subject of countless mirth-making hot-takes, including an upcoming HBO adaptation of Mark Chiusano’s book, “The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023
“The walks fuel us a little bit, and getting guys on and creating traffic. Stealing a base here or there and putting the pressure on the defense and some timely hitting.”
From Washington Times • Aug. 7, 2023
“How could you be so foolish! Stealing from the NKVD?”
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
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