as in to boot (out)
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The Seattle Archdiocese in a statement, warned that breaking the confidence of confession is grounds for a priest to be kicked out of the church, essentially reiterating the rules already established for Catholic clergy.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
8 May 2025 -
The British angler was fishing Euro-Aqua Lake in Hungary, a private pay lake that is well-known in European carp-fishing circles for kicking out some of the biggest bottom feeders in the world.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
8 May 2025
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Steve Jaffe was laid off for the first time in 2001.—
Abigail Covington,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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More than 1,000 employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were laid off or have taken early retirement in recent days.—
Dan Ruetenik,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
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Complaints made to the OCR that students were unfairly disciplined could be thrown out; existing enforcement actions or monitoring of schools that had disciplined students disproportionately could be revoked.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
2 May 2025
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Luigi Mangione's defense team wants at least two counts against him in the New York state indictment thrown out.—
Alice Gainer,
CBS News,
1 May 2025
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On Wednesday afternoon, Rosen Gonzalez filed paperwork at City Hall to enter the November mayoral race, hoping to unseat Mayor Steven Meiner, who has not yet filed but is expected to seek reelection after his first two-year term.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2025
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You season 5 has arrived to end the series, but after a few days on top, it has been unseated by a show that tends to blow up the Netflix top 10 list every weekend.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Chuck (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chuck%20%28out%29. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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