rob

Example Sentences

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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

“My deeper entry into the Getty world would rob me of my own hard-earned story,” the governor wrote in his recent memoir.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

And hey, did you know that the word “raptor”—which is often used to describe birds of prey—comes from the Latin verb rapio, which means to plunder, rob, ravish, or abduct?

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

Such a delay could rob people of years of contributions, employer matches and compound interest.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026

Though her palm had given the first tap, she would not rob me of the thunder of the first wicked drumstick drumroll.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez