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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

In another clash, a councilman was passed over for mayor pro tem, prompting him to complain to his colleagues: “You guys want to rob me.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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

“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

“It does not matter, Lupita, as long as he does not rob us too.”

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

There are plenty of critics who insist there is little or no proper use of AI in the university, since it enables cheating and robs students of the challenge of truly learning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 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

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

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

It robs you of hope and even the memory of hope.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

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

According to the AP, a former receptionist at the Hôtel de Pourtalès, where the fashion mogul was staying when she was robbed, was awarded the equivalent of $126,472 in the civil damages ruling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

She said she felt the experience robbed her of her sanctuary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

They added that "her little boy had been robbed of growing up with his mum beside him", but said they would make sure he grew up knowing "how much she adored him".

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 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

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

If that happened, you would be robbing yourself of future returns.

From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026

“Why do you detain them? They aren’t robbing anyone. They just want to go north,” he told the officers.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario