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A spokesperson for Daera said the court directed that the defendant be deprived of the ownership of all farmed animals and ordered the destruction of the animals.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

“Surely, the government does not mean to suggest that fortune-tellers and street performers may be deprived of their Second Amendment rights.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

The judge said that states stood to lose out on federal funding and that residents within the states could be deprived of their rights.

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2025

They would be deprived of a combined $1.4 billion in pay annually.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2024

She had seen Lyra herself now—had even held her—and so she realized what it would have meant for the nuns to be deprived of her.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman


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