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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

“This groundwater mining proposal would drain the desert and rob the Mojave of its rare springs and wildlife habitat,” said Chance Wilcox, California desert associate director of the National Parks Conservation Assn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 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

“They enjoy the content. And I’m not going to rob baseball fans of great baseball entertainment just to solve a problem that only exists in the minds of x bots.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

With no Indian villages to rob for supplies, the expedition ran short of food.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

It robs them of the one thing my father’s midnight taxi shifts gave me: the knowledge that I could do it myself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 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

"Obesity robs children of the best possible start in life, hits the poorest hardest, sets them up for a lifetime of health problems and costs the NHS billions."

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025

The simulation is using her vocal cords, but robs them of the natural fluctuations of human emotion.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

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

Vicki said she feels robbed of the newborn period.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

My mother looked down on me for the first time and saw the large tumor that had robbed her of a baby’s perfection.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

“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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

All that fouling is hindering Brink’s development because it’s robbing her of important in-game reps — which she needs, foremost, to figure out how to stop fouling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 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

They also helped establish a truce with the Nauset of Cape Cod after Bradford promised to pay back the losses caused by their earlier grave robbing.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann