as in to deprive
to take something away from
news of a death in the family bereaved them of the unmitigated joy that normally prevails at a wedding
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This latest news comes just a few weeks after Mayweather filed a lawsuit against Showtime Networks and the former president of Showtime Sports, accusing the company of helping facilitate a fraud scheme that deprived him of roughly $340 million in earnings.—
Matt Schubert,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2026 -
Second, the Iranian government would be depriving itself of a key source of revenue.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Fine should be censured & stripped of committees.—
MARIANA ALFARO THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
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They may be cut off from financial resources, disowned, or stripped of personal property and communal safety nets.—
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18 Feb. 2026
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“Bereave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bereave. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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