How to Use heist in a Sentence

heist

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  • The most recent take on this notion dates to the 1950 heist.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2023
  • His last day was supposed to be Dec. 30, the day after the heist.
    — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Along each step of the heist, the thieves had left easy evidence to collect.
    — Hazlitt, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Cate Blanchett is pulling off a space-faring heist in her new movie.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The film follows an all-girl crew attempting to pull off a heist at the Met Gala.
    — Brittany Natale, Country Living, 25 May 2023
  • That’s the fourth convention of the heist: assembling a team.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • In short, in a heist story the bad guys are basically the good guys.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • The streaming giant announced Berlin and his gang will be back with a new heist.
    — Veronica Villafañe, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
  • And all of the silliness of the heist inevitably takes us somewhere sadder and more profound.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Kay and Nix will travel across the galaxy to gain the right resources and crew for the ultimate heist.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
  • This time, though, the many careers of Barbie will be subbed out for one career: heists.
    — Vulture, 9 June 2023
  • There are even heist bags, which are like chests that only contain gear for heists.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The fast-food heist was captured on the family's Ring camera.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Suffice to say, his dad moves in, dragging his son and Jon’s dog into a high-stakes heist.
    — Vulture, 13 Nov. 2023
  • While a heist almost threatened the release, the newish album includes six new tracks that are from the vault, a.k.a.
    — Vulture, 7 July 2023
  • Jim has spent years avoiding his family, but the gang wants Jim back in the fold for a major heist.
    — Carol Memmott, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The heist occurred in broad daylight and was even caught on video by an eyewitness.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Suspects in an armed robbery got their vehicle stolen in the middle of the heist.
    — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that the circumstances of the heist were straight out of a Hollywood movie.
    — Jeff Zymeri, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Inside stars Willem Dafoe as a art theif who gets stuck in a penthouse when a heist doesn't go according to plan.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Some missions in the game will include heists and gang rivalries.
    — Lily Larsen, Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Police on Sunday released images of the suspects and the vehicle used in the heist.
    — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Detectives logged the damage and viewed surveillance video, which allegedly showed Schaff in the area at the time of the heist, Jones said.
    — Ellie Wolfe, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
  • This four-episode series details the world’s biggest art heist, which took place on St. Patrick’s Day weekend in 1990.
    — Dana Feldman, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Saturday was the 33rd anniversary of the unsolved, late-night heist.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The heist began after Zhong had stored some Bitcoin on Silk Road, the online black market.
    — David Voreacos, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • While a number of pieces from the heist have been returned, others remain missing.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
  • His hunt for revenge, however, brings with it a shot at the biggest heist of his career.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2024
  • But the possibility that it was connected to the Gardner heist has been raised over the past two decades.
    — Shelley Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The series remains entertaining, thanks to the wild charisma of Omar Sy as Assane, and to the cleverness of many of the heists.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2023

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