as in to boot (out)
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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 -
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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In a controversial move, the school board opted to issue lay off notices for every member of the district office’s central staff — including the district’s top leader, Cancy McArn.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Walmart will close its Matteson fulfillment center and lay off 111 employees by May 29, the company said in a March 27 filing with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Daniel Susac, in the lineup for Patrick Bailey at catcher, singled to left but was thrown out stealing for the first out.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Neville is there for pitch meetings, where the current cast sits on the floor of Michaels’ office and throws out their zaniest ideas.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
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Forsberg might have unseated Darcy Kuemper as the Kings’ first-choice goalie for the postseason after yet another strong performance down the stretch combined with Kuemper’s noticeable struggles since returning from the Olympics.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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But close to 1,000 people had gathered in the town square, all of them waiting for Péter Magyar, a onetime Orbán loyalist who broke with the prime minister two years ago and is now trying to unseat him in elections on Sunday.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Chuck (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chuck%20%28out%29. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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