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Robbing a home run in right field to save Rich Hill’s complete game shutout in 2015.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2023

Robbing a home run with a majestic leaping catch at the wall took an MVP-caliber performance to another level.

From Washington Times • May 30, 2023

Wolff accused Masi of "a freestyle reading of the rules and it left Lewis like a sitting duck", adding: "Robbing him in the last lap of the race is unacceptable."

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2021

Robbing your future self to help your present self scrape by is hardly a benefit, especially in a country where old age is a leading driver of poverty.

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2018

Too much you've said to my Advantage, Sir, Robbing the Gods and Fortune of their Glory.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague