as in robbed
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
little wonder that the store went out of business, as its employees had been stealing from it for years
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The buildup has robbed the Pentagon of the element of surprise, but that may not make a huge difference.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026 -
Mad at the immigration system that robbed her family of time.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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While trying to avoid a check in front of the home bench, Barton was knocked over the boards and appeared to hit his head.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
25 Jan. 2026
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Protesters knocked over a dumpster to try and block the street off from the line of officers moving eastward.—
Kyla Guilfoil,
NBC news,
24 Jan. 2026
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On May 7, 1955, two members of the local White Citizens’ Council shot into the cab of Reverend George Lee’s car; the bullets ripped off the lower half of his face.—
Clint Smith,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2026
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The Heat ripped off a 15-0 run after Hauser’s early buckets and built an early 28-9 lead, triggering two Mazzulla timeouts and a series of Celtics substitutions.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
16 Jan. 2026
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Garrett sacked Joe Burrow in the final game of the season.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Nearly half the time Maye has been pressured this postseason, he’s been sacked (14/31).—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The goal was taken off the board after a coach's challenge.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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The New York Times was the first to report that units were being taken off high alert.—
Steve Beynon,
ABC News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The outlets reported that Vine and several other riders were knocked off their bikes by the kangaroos about 45 miles into the 105-mile stage.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
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The New England Patriots knocked off the Denver Broncos 10-7 in the AFC Championship Game, putting them back in the Super Bowl much quicker than expected.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Buildings burned to the ground; businesses were looted.—
Ruby Cramer,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
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For months, mausoleums in the graveyard, some more than a hundred years old, were being looted in the dead of night, police said.—
Gaya Gupta,
Washington Post,
10 Jan. 2026
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Last fall, copper thieves plundered about a dozen public streetlights over three city blocks, leaving their neighborhood in the dark.—
Gavin J. Quinton,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
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The last round of expansion, adding Seattle and Vancouver, came at significant cost to the league’s six original franchises, which had their rosters plundered in the expansion draft.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Stolen (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stolen%20%28from%29. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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