as in to loot
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
in jail for robbing a bank
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Recent Examples of rob
Phillies starter Zack Wheeler dominated — with help from center fielder Derek Hill, whose jaw-dropping catch robbed Juan Soto of a home run — to spoil interim manager Andy Green’s in-dugout Mets debut.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
27 June 2026
Then came the Covid-19 pandemic, which robbed the world of connection and never fully gave it back.
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Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
What people want to hear is your own voice; the story told in your own way, and that’s what AI completely robs everyone of.
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Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2026
Your hotel room should feel like a cozy home away from home after a chaotic day of travel, not a scary room in a building full of strangers, where you could be spied on, robbed, or bitten by insects in your sleep.
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Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
26 June 2026
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
27 June 2026
Then came the Covid-19 pandemic, which robbed the world of connection and never fully gave it back.
—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
What people want to hear is your own voice; the story told in your own way, and that’s what AI completely robs everyone of.
—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2026
Your hotel room should feel like a cozy home away from home after a chaotic day of travel, not a scary room in a building full of strangers, where you could be spied on, robbed, or bitten by insects in your sleep.
—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rob
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For his part, Klaus Kallmann also claims that his father, Hartmut Kallmann, always said that their family’s art collection was fully intact when the Nazis came to power and that the collection subsequently looted.
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Though it had been looted by kids, most of the material was eventually recovered.
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That came in the spring of 2025, about 11 months after his dad had been sacked as coach, when Pochettino, the new manager, gave the younger Berhalter his first national team call-up.
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To an outsider, the scene may spark a certain Schadenfreude, like an army of tiny barbarians sacking Rome.
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The man told the resident that a neighbor's house was on fire as a distraction, while others walked in and burglarized the house.
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The homes had been burglarized and the women had been raped at knifepoint and beaten; some were also bound and gagged.
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Or was the hole man-made with a malevolent intent, perhaps plundering a grave for artifacts?
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The instability left Cambodia's temples unprotected and vulnerable to plunder that was often carried out by former Khmer Rouge child soldiers.
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Jim has repeatedly said that as AI becomes better at uncovering software flaws, businesses will need increasingly sophisticated tools to identify, patch, and defend against those vulnerabilities before hackers can exploit them.
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Firmware updates often fix security holes that attackers love to exploit.
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Dubbed Camp Meeker Cabin, the project strips mountain living back to its quieter essentials, while still embracing contemporary environmental design.
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Errors of execution and discipline forced by the relentlessness of a French team stripped of many of its leading players meant New Zealand was unable to secure its win until the final minutes.
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The fans were cheated Sunday out of a chance to see an interesting pitching matchup between Shota Imanaga and Dylan Cease, the former Cubs farmhand and former White Sox pitcher.
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For example, a spouse who catches their partner cheating and kills someone in the heat of emotion.
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What’s a novel but a big score of details burgled from the world?
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The Louvre could use a win—the institution was notoriously burgled last October, losing $102 million in jewels.
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“Rob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rob. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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