take away
Example Sentences
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“It’s very much a feeling of having a lot of your dignity taken away from you,” she says.
When FA Cup replays were scrapped from the first round onwards last season, many clubs from the EFL and lower down the football pyramid criticised the decision for taking away a traditional revenue stream.
From BBC
“I really thought it was my forever job and it was taken away literally in a day,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
"That would be true for about 100 councils across the country, if that statutory override was suddenly taken away," she says.
From BBC
The church said that, as of Wednesday night, at least four people associated with the church had been taken away, while two others were missing.
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