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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

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

But in the next line, his contemporary Menander asserts that though it may rob us of our vitality, time nevertheless “adds to our acuity of mind.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

“The Fraud Division’s data-driven approach will shine a light on fraud schemes across the country, ensuring that no doctor can engage in these types of brazen schemes to rob Medicare.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

“All right, Brother Mayor. If you wants tuh rob uh poor man lak me uh everything he got tuh make uh livin’ wid, Ah’ll take de five dollars.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

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

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

“The theft that occurred represents a brazen act that robs the public of our state’s cultural heritage,” said museum Chief Executive Lori Fogarty in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025

Looking at food that way robs us of one of life’s greatest pleasures.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

"Shocking. Terrible. Totally robbed," said former champion Richie Woodhall.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

All of this is familiar from before, but robbed of the expressive capacity of animation it ends up feeling considerably more wooden.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Had the advent of intensive parenting robbed the holiday of its spark?

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

“Once you are robbed of that, it’s almost impossible to try to restore that in your home.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 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

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

The first was in 2020 when she arrested him on suspicion of robbing an ice cream vendor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

He told how some strange varmint that wasn’t a coyote, possum, skunk, or coon had recently started robbing the settlement blind.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson