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deprive

[dih-prahyv] / dɪˈpraɪv /


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"Why deprive yourself of it when you can afford it?" he asked.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

And if we deprive gay guys of their annual chance to make Mother’s Day about their personal taste in actresses, God help us all.

From Salon May 10, 2026

They came close too in Wandsworth - becoming the largest party, not quite winning a majority, but doing enough to deprive Labour of the control they won four years ago.

From BBC May 9, 2026

“These conditions are excessive restrictions on his liberty that serve no justifiable purpose and deprive Mr. Allen of dignity while incarcerated.”

From Los Angeles Times May 3, 2026

“Boy, I won’t stop you from chasing your heart’s desire. No, no. I won’t deprive you of things that fly. It comes to you naturally.”

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

This particularly deprives eastern parts of the country of rainfall and sees a later start to the northern wet season -- though less chance of tropical cyclones.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

Perhaps that’s Zhao’s point, that loss deprives us of the people we once were.

From Salon Nov. 30, 2025

A heart attack deprives heart muscle cells of oxygen and nutrients, causing many of them to die.

From Science Daily Nov. 21, 2025

Ghosting is uncanny not only because it deprives us of certain codified social rituals for disentangling our relationships.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

This deprives children of much of the freedom and interaction and development that can occur during free time with each other and with their own selves.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

But he complained of the extra expense and being "deprived of the current technology".

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

A spokesperson for Daera said the court directed that the defendant be deprived of the ownership of all farmed animals and ordered their destruction.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Unified letter shows that the school board was laying the legal groundwork to dismiss Carvalho for cause, which would have deprived him of contractual severance payments.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

The attainment gap between the results achieved by students in the least deprived parts of Scotland and those in the most deprived closed a little in this year's figures - but still remains significant.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

She also noted that she and the other suffragists had been deprived of letters, books, visitors, and decent food.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

“If the intent was not financial gain by depriving others, then it’s almost certainly not illegal — although not everything that is a big problem is illegal,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

In 2023, his team reported that depriving colon cancer cells of arginine caused them to accumulate more mutations.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

The brothers claim Ledward's "misconduct is causing ongoing harm" to Boseman's elderly parents and depriving them "of financial assets at a vulnerable age when such support is most critical".

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

The Treasury Department had halted the cash deliveries in late February, depriving Iraq of badly needed oil revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

The entire Italian front collapsed, depriving the Italians of gains they had won at great cost during the past two years.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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