depose

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Recent Examples of depose On the same day, Lively’s attorneys filed a letter directed at Wayfarer Studios, after the company requested an extension of the discovery schedule to depose Swift. Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025 Lively has already been deposed. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025 Just five days later, on September 9, demonstrators stormed and set fire to key government buildings, deposing the administration, as the BBC reported. Javier Bastardo, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 None of Lake’s cases produced the evidence needed to support her broadsides and she was never deposed in those matters. Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for depose
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depose
Verb
  • If this most fundamental right is allowed to perish, then the rest of our rights and liberties will topple just like dominoes.
    Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
  • After a bunch of toppling, wacky noises and looks of despair, Morgan secures what feels like her 75th veto of the season.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In May, Brandon traveled to Austin to testify in support of the bill at the Texas State Capitol.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Others testify that buttermilk is the only liquid that should be allowed within a 2-block radius of your recipe.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The fact that it was put aside and preserved in 1962 tells you a lot about the landscape, which is situated in the shadow of the Spanish Peaks in southern Colorado and has two lakes that are popular for boating and fishing.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The epicenter was situated roughly 2 miles southeast of Berkeley, at a depth of 4 miles.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • By shirking the Democratic brand, Osborn has a shot at winning his race, as Cockburn points out, and may offer a model for other candidates attempting to dethrone Republicans in rural red states.
    Harpers Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Elon Musk was dethroned as the richest man in the world last week.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The production came just in time to help the Angels (72-88) put a serious dent in the Astros’ chances of going to the playoffs.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Robot boot camps to drive change To put that into perspective, its most significant rival in this area, the United States, currently only deploys around a tenth of that a year.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • United were profitable in each of the years in which Moyes, Van Gaal and Mourinho were sacked.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • And Bonitto planted suddenly, spinning back inside and leaving Mims in the dust to sack Browning.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ryan Blaney and Elliott are placed first and second in the standings, followed by Kyle Larson in third.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Utah placed certain limits on therapy chatbots, including requiring them to protect users’ health information and to clearly disclose that the chatbot isn’t human.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Once the contestants are dismissed from the runway, the judges get more into it.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Defense attorneys for the man accused of killing his Miami Hurricanes football star teammate in 2006 want prosecutors sanctioned — or the murder case dismissed — after a key witness, who state prosecutors believed was dead, was found alive by an ESPN reporter.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025

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