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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Rodrigo is not the only celebrity who has outed herself as a stan.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
9 June 2025 -
Those who were outed would not only lose their jobs, but their names were often published in newspapers, which could cost them their families and their livelihoods.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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Home plate umpire Ramon De Jesus called strike three on Rockies outfielder Tyler Freeman, and he immediately got ejected after arguing the call.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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Until 2006, patent holders could presumptively obtain a court injunction that ordered infringers to stop using their invention (akin to a landowner’s legal right to eject trespassers camping on their property).—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Social media companies have already gotten several claims dismissed, including a claim of unjust enrichment, Goetz said, because Nazario failed to respond to them.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2025
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The decision dismissed most claims in the lawsuit filed by authors who alleged that their books were used, without permission, to train Anthropic’s Claude AI models.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Lower down the ballot, in a sweeping show of dissatisfaction, voters cast out more than two dozen Democratic state lawmakers.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
13 June 2025
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Meyer captured the ancient light cast out by the Lagoon and Trifid Nebula over 34 hours in May 2025, while observing under the near-pristine dark skies of Arizona, a little north of Ash Fork.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
13 June 2025
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Much like the rest of the lineup, Lindor is also chasing pitches outside of the zone.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2025
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Protesters are chasing federal agents out of L.A. County hotels.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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Softening those characters for present-day sensibilities banishes what little edge there was and leaves everything feeling over-bright in a restless and relentless production.—
David Benedict,
Variety,
24 June 2025
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Any input would help. – Visiting Accident Dear Visiting: Don’t banish yourself just yet.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
24 June 2025
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Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil then hit back-to-back home runs off Taijuan Walker in the sixth inning, but the Mets stopped producing from there.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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The gunman, who was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black shorts with flowers printed on them ran off down Marcy Ave.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2025
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Come that summer, Doherty was kicked out of the band once again, and turned his full attention towards Babyshambles, this time bringing onboard Walden on lead guitar, Gemma Clarke on drums, Jamie Perrett on guitar, and Peter Perrett Jr. on bass to play shows.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
23 June 2025
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After Raw came back from it final commercial break, Rhodes and Uso went back and forth kicking out of their signature moves, including a Spear and a Super Cody Cutter.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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“Boot (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boot%20%28out%29. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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