rob
verb (used with object)
to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
is robbing
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present progressiveof rob (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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And even in death, the power crisis is robbing South Africans of their dignity.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2023
“NASA is robbing money for a selected mission that they had baselined in their budget until as recently as last year,” says Paul Byrne, a planetary scientist at Washington University in St. Louis.
From Scientific American ● May 9, 2023
Air pollution in Bangladesh is robbing the South Asian nation of economic growth as well as causing premature death and illness, the World Bank said on Sunday.
From Reuters ● Dec. 5, 2022
COVID-19’s relentless death toll is robbing the Latino community of what has long been viewed as a secret weapon behind its impressive growth and rising prosperity: grandparents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
“Nay, the guard’s eyelids never close, and the storeroom seals are unbroken. It is someone in this shop who is robbing me.”
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
