as in to out
to drive or force out
the theater manager booted out the audience members who were making a disturbance
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Kirby Yates was ready to break down his 23-pitch rehab outing Friday.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026 -
Some of these pictures show him at an event in Birmingham with Black Box theater colleagues and attended by officials of UK actors union Equity just a few weeks before he was outed by Norwood’s anonymous tipper.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2026
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The Lake Wales boy was ejected onto the eastbound center lane of I-4.—
Elainie Colton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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McCullough’s day ended early Sunday when he was ejected in the top of the second inning after arguing with first base umpire Cory Blaser over a balk call on first baseman Connor Norby during a pickoff attempt.—
Noah Gulley,
Miami Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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Both will be surrounded by streaks of bright, reflective material that were cast out during the violent asteroid impacts that formed the craters.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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Who would cast out the kind of characters that Tucker Carlson and company are encouraging?—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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As part of her agreement to plead guilty, prosecutors will dismiss four felony counts of perjury, procurement or false or forged document to be filed, and two counts of not being entitled to vote in an election.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Though often dismissed as bubblegum soul, the early Jackson 5 hits were intricate and infectious.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
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Some observers suggest that seekers aren’t chasing hollow shortcuts online.—
Lucy Jones
April 11,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
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The couple had spent the past decade sailing together, charting a life across open water — learning to scuba dive, chasing marine life and finding meaning in the quiet, in-between moments at sea.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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One is a search for stability, driven by a horror of chaos and by memories of the mayhem that wrecked his childhood and banished him to the cave.—
Michael Sheridan,
Vanity Fair,
8 Apr. 2026
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While Vitello was banished to his office, the Giants lost a lot more than that.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Atlanta ran off 11 straight to cut it to 106-98, but Towns scored to restore the double-digit lead.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Colorado scored its lone run off Glasnow in the fourth on a leadoff double by Mickey Moniak, who scored on Troy Johnston’s groundout to third.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
18 Apr. 2026
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Just six months on from Gateshead's resounding February 2011 triumph, fans were having to rally round to raise £100,000 in just 24 hours to prevent Wrexham from being kicked out of the Conference.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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That includes people who were kicked out of their housing or disappeared from the system altogether.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Boot (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boot%20%28out%29. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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