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bereaving

verb

present participle of bereave

as in depriving

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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Critics say the soaring costs are depriving the city of money for pressing needs such as fixing roads and sidewalks.

— Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Questioning MacArthur on the wisdom of depriving his troops of reading material was the opposite of hero worship.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

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Burglars broke into one of her units overnight, stripping out the copper wiring and making off with every large appliance inside.

— La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
France Télévisions film chief Manuel Alduy has warned that the far-right Rassemblement National’s plan to privatize public broadcasting would devastate French cinema, stripping it from one of its biggest financiers.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

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