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as in to strip
to take something away from
working those long hours was depriving him of his sleep
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as in to depose
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)
a prince who had been deprived after those who opposed the monarchy came to power
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This decision would deprive the fossil-fuel economy of one source of backing, and eliminate one of the only remaining ways that the U.S. government supports international oil-and-gas development.
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Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
Leave a comment View Comments But dropping the lawsuit would also deprive incoming President Donald Trump of an easy PR win.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
TikTok law may deprive many of America’s largest cloud providers of millions of dollars in contracts with the social media company and its Chinese parent, ByteDance.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Jordan and her siblings were routinely physically, verbally and mentally abused by their parents, who reportedly chained their children to their beds and deprived them of food and the ability to exercise.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
Leave a comment View Comments But dropping the lawsuit would also deprive incoming President Donald Trump of an easy PR win.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
TikTok law may deprive many of America’s largest cloud providers of millions of dollars in contracts with the social media company and its Chinese parent, ByteDance.
—Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Jordan and her siblings were routinely physically, verbally and mentally abused by their parents, who reportedly chained their children to their beds and deprived them of food and the ability to exercise.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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But the move to strip public employees of affordable access to GLP-1s for weight loss is not only significant for those currently taking these drugs but also for the social and fiscal health of New York City and our entire state.Jeremy Cooney, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Moreover, park officials had to ask the mass of influencers arriving to create content to adhere to 'countryside morals' and not strip down in the waterfalls to take selfies or treat the park like a beach.Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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National News Florida woman charged with threatening health insurance company with ‘delay, deny, depose’ A Florida woman has been charged with threatening her health insurance provider during a phone...The Denver Post, The Denver Post, 15 Dec. 2024
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And from a humanitarian perspective, one of the very worst butchers in recent global history has been deposed.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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The pressure rate against Burrow is middle of the pack and he’s been sacked 37 times, tied for ninth most in the NFL.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 24 Dec. 2024
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Mayfield was sacked four times to go along with the interception and White’s fumble.Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
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The family of another employee, Johnny Peterson, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the company and its owner, Gerald O’Connor, who said the workers were dismissed with enough time to escape.Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Shostak dismisses the idea that people would panic, given that most Americans believe that aliens exist.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Huffman fired the starting gun last month on a series of challenges to septuagenarian committee leaders by launching an insurgent bid to topple incumbent ranking member Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.).Andrew Solender, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
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Photos of the week In pictures: Syrian rebels topple Assad regime 1 of 52 Check out more images, curated by CNN Photos.Andrew Torgan, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Deprive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deprive. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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