rob
Example Sentences
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Because while the Olympics may help the sport gather viewers, it has done little to reverse a steady decline in participation at the grassroots level, which is robbing the sport of its future athletes.
From Los Angeles Times
“We’ve all been robbed of 15 or 20 years of having Rob around.”
The current director of the Louvre, Laurence des Cars, was unaware of the existence of the report before the museum was robbed, officials said at a hearing in the French Senate on Wednesday.
Don’t let this maid of honor, or the stress of being a bridesmaid, rob the ceremony of its cheer.
From MarketWatch
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
