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rob

[rob] / rɒb /


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These are the things that we stay alive for, and well, that’s exactly what AI threatens to rob from the human race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

A fall can rob older people of the very independence that they are trying to preserve by carrying out those tasks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

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

Then Natalie said, “I’m pretty sure Chess is right. Your mom didn’t rob a bank.”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

“Poverty is not just about quality of life. It literally robs older Americans of longevity,” said Ramsey Alwin, president and chief executive of the National Council on Aging.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

But the absence of warmth in the performance robs the denouement of a portion of its awful pathos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

ALS, a progressive and terminal motor neuron disease, robs a person of the ability to move and, ultimately, to breathe, according to the Mayo Clinic.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

His death robs the nation of a brilliant, witty commentator who was never afraid to stand against the consensus.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

"The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself."

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

It seems like only yesterday I was getting robbed blind at the Build-A-Bear store and finding Cheerios in my hair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Some residents, however, say the state has robbed them of any input over developments they consider bad neighbors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Bowie was robbed of his evening and will surely be given a proper chance in Skopje.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

She held so much under her control, and I was sure the days since her Rocky was plundered, since her lineage was robbed, had demanded nothing less.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

His Harry is impossible not to love even when he’s robbing people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

“Without Congress, failed professionals will continue to use college sports as a fallback option — robbing the next class of young athletes of college scholarships,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 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

“If you’re planning on robbing my house, I’ll save you the trouble. I’ve got nothing worth stealing.”

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt


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