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rob

[rob] / rɒb /


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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

We’re risking raising generations of young athletes who get burned out on sports and, in doing so, rob them of what it means to play.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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

He demonstrated strength and awareness to rob Tunisia captain Ellyes Skhiri and set up a goal for strike partner Viktor Gyokeres in the second half.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

With her eyes on Consuelo, Lupita asked, “Do you think our aunt’s family would rob us?”

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

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

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

Its inscrutability to ordinary people is part of what robs the document of whatever power it may have had at a third the length.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

“Change” exerted on another through force robs the receiving party of the dignity of authoring their own life path.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

Humorous responses to rage bait, which depends on eliciting defensiveness that can be fed back into the outrage machine, robs it of oxygen.

From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2025

“Because,” Natalie said, “it looks like every single one of these bills is either a one or a five. If someone robs a bank, they take twenties, at least. Probably even fifties or hundreds.”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

After being robbed, Lo Bianco blocked her bank cards, but the thieves managed to transfer almost $700 from a digital bank account.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

But only about 830,000 cellphones were reported stolen or robbed in 2025, according to the annual report, which draws on police data.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

According to the AP, a former receptionist at the Hôtel de Pourtalès, where the fashion mogul was staying when she was robbed, was awarded the equivalent of $126,472 in the civil damages ruling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Von Saher has previously said her family "aims to bring back every single artwork robbed from Jacques' collection, and to restore his legacy".

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

I thought I understood what’s happening to her, but this isn’t like being robbed a penny at a time.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

“They don’t want us watching them because they’re robbing the avocado pickers,” Manzo said after being released.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 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

Data from Vanda Research and others have shown that retail buying has been subdued lately, robbing the market of what had become a critical source of demand for stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 11, 2026

“Why do you detain them? They aren’t robbing anyone. They just want to go north,” he told the officers.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario




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