robbed
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Maybe most famously, the purple and sequined version with a gold “FF” logo slung over Carrie Bradshaw’s shoulder in the “Sex and the City” episode when she’s robbed at gunpoint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Then comes a brief but consequential romance with a charismatic New Orleans detective, whom she meets after being robbed on vacation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Some residents, however, say the state has robbed them of any input over developments they consider bad neighbors.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Separately, BBC Verify has traced one of the most viral AI-generated images circulating on social media, which supposedly shows an elderly couple being robbed and left in their underwear in Paris, to an obscure website.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The distinguished historian Tony Judt, who died in mid-2010 of motor neuron disease, used it to compose essays after his degenerative disease robbed him of the ability to move.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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