rob

Example Sentences

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In the bottom of the inning, Eli White made a sprinting catch on the warning track in right field to rob Max Muncy of extra bases.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

It is time to update Willie Sutton’s famous dictum on bank robbery: People rob the government because that’s where the money is.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 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

Police said the thieves had used the "quiet Christmas days" to rob the building on Nienhofstrasse in the Buer district.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

That was almost enough to rob his tongue of the sweetness of the frybread—it had almost robbed him of Harry.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith