deprive
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Butts said the measure would deprive the city of an $8-million annual revenue source.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
What did we need him for when we could just buy the Bitcoin ourselves and deprive him of the arbitrage?
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
To deprive oneself of this film because of Mizrahi’s views would be to deny utter exhilaration.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
The reversal follows criticism from teachers, nutritionists and parents who argued that removing eggs from school lunches could deprive children from poor families a key source of protein.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
But even as he undertook the work, events occurred that were to change its character and indeed to deprive him of his material.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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“Not building the technology deprives humanity of benefits or simply places AI in the hands of authoritarian powers, while building it too fast is reckless.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
His death also deprives Trump of one of his most trusted allies on Capitol Hill.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
This particularly deprives eastern parts of the country of rainfall and sees a later start to the northern wet season -- though less chance of tropical cyclones.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
A heart attack deprives heart muscle cells of oxygen and nutrients, causing many of them to die.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2025
This deprives children of much of the freedom and interaction and development that can occur during free time with each other and with their own selves.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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The Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment provides that no person may be deprived of “liberty” without due process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
I know the experiences of deaf women being excluded, being deprived of communication, being deprived of help, being deprived of access, being deprived of so many things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Penny Walters works for Feeding Britain which supports some of the most deprived families in the North East.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
The UVM team instead asked what would happen if cancer cells were deprived of one of their most important antioxidant defenses.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
In a just world, I’d be slurping my Dr Pepper by now and instead I’m sitting here parched and deprived because Mr. HellomynameisAdam is giving preferential treatment to his friends.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
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Though hugely popular with visitors, short-term lodgings are blamed by residents in many popular travel destinations for depriving locals of apartments for long-term rent and pushing up prices.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
In 2023, his team reported that depriving colon cancer cells of arginine caused them to accumulate more mutations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
“A shorter timeline would be artificially compressed and risks depriving this Court of a full record on which to decide this $110 billion case.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Dugher, who was recently appointed the UK government's first "music champion", said: "No water is one thing but depriving people of somewhere to sit is another... families are having to sit on the floor."
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
“I spent thirty-three years of my life depriving men of their freedom.”
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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