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Without her example, would Taylor Swift have stood up to the hedge funds who bought her back catalogue, re-recording her biggest hits to rob them of royalties?

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

A World Cup without European teams would rob it of three out of four semi-finalists from this summer's competition and six of the eight quarter-finalists.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are so frightening because they threaten to rob us of the very essence of our history and being.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

Johnson: There’d be moves that could be made that some little cowboy hustler is not gonna necessarily just rob you in the corner, but I definitely wouldn’t be chasing him down.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

“Like I said, yeh’d be mad ter try an’ rob it,” said Hagrid.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

When Howl loses himself to a beastly form after attacking opposing forces in the war into which he’s drawn, it’s an allegory about how armed conflict robs us of our humanity.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

It robs them of the one thing my father’s midnight taxi shifts gave me: the knowledge that I could do it myself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Also, giving properties as gifts, rather than as inheritances, robs them of their tax-advantaged step-up in basis.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

ALS, a progressive and terminal motor neuron disease, robs a person of the ability to move and, ultimately, to breathe, according to the Mayo Clinic.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

I think losing a parent robs confidence from a kid.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

His death robbed the Womack Sisters of a grandfather, but his musical legacy continues to influence them today.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

He became a suspect after a clerk at a dry cleaners that had been robbed saw Brambles at a motel and called police.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

They agreed that being exactly right all of the time wasn’t worth the misery of waiting so long to witness a goal—and then being robbed of that moment of ecstasy when it gets overturned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

The two teams met in the quarter-finals in a match Argentina, to this day, insist they were robbed in, claiming Geoff Hurst's winning goal was offside.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

Excitement robbed him of appetite and he was impatient for dawn.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

Data-center titans buy huge amounts of memory at higher prices, robbing Apple of its leverage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Now Spirit is gone, robbing us all of the airline likeliest to pester United, Delta, and American into lowering their prices more quickly once fuel prices go down.

From Slate ● May 12, 2026

If that happened, you would be robbing yourself of future returns.

From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026

Because while the Olympics may help the sport gather viewers, it has done little to reverse a steady decline in participation at the grassroots level, which is robbing the sport of its future athletes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2025

“If you’re planning on robbing my house, I’ll save you the trouble. I’ve got nothing worth stealing.”

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt