Example Sentences

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Thousands of villagers in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh are protesting against a multi-million-dollar river-linking project which, they say, will rob them of their homes and livelihoods.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025

Of course, there's a strong chance that a split vote in the actor race will rob all of the male Roys of their last shot at the big prize.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2023

The risk, he said, is that Harry’s unfiltered details will rob the royal family of its mystique with the public.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2023

Now the pandemic will rob us of yet another holiday, plucking it off the stem and discarding it like all the other celebrations before it.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2021

It runs a thousand ounces to the ton or I’m a liar, the way I’ve sorted it out; but of course old Murray and the rest of ’em will rob me.

From Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp by Coolidge, Dane