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Last year, the Eagles sacked Patrick Mahomes six times in Philadelphia’s 40-22 victory over the Chiefs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026 -
Rumors Tuttle was on verge of being sacked first surfaced on February 26 after Conservative tabloid newspaper Bild reported Weimer had called an extraordinary meeting to discuss her future as festival director.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2026
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The company is pink-slipping 15% of its staff, according to a source with knowledge of the cuts.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
27 Aug. 2025
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The past two years, the Sacramento City Council raised parking fees and axed dozens of vacant positions to help balance its multimillion-dollar budget deficits.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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The database does not make clear which of the plaques, maps, films and books ultimately will be removed or recast by the Interior Department, though some have already been axed.—
Karin Brulliard,
Arkansas Online,
3 Mar. 2026
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Order 1 dissolved the ruling Baath Party and removed all senior party members from their government positions, purging the administrative class that ran its ministries, hospitals and schools.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
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The spokesperson said that Rodriguez Gutierrez chose to be removed with her children on March 5.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Flores issued a one-out walk and another single in the sixth inning, but the second-year right-hander retired two straight HCU batters to get out of the jam.—
Danny Davis,
Austin American Statesman,
3 Mar. 2026
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Even as her hard-line tactics have shown some success, Sheinbaum has not renounced the precepts of López Obrador, who, while retired, remains a revered and influential figure.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Decent citizens must ostracize those among them who toy with Hitlerism.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2026
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Mounds of floral tributes piled up outside the gates of Buckingham Palace and Diana’s home at Kensington Palace to mourn a princess who had been ostracized by the royal family after her divorce from Charles in 1992.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026
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The agency is also required to follow a process for terminating DACA, which Estrada Juarez said was not followed in her case.—
Mathew Miranda
Updated March 4,
Sacbee.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Lang calls Atterton, who’s in his prison cell with a smuggled phone, to tell him the job is done and that both Bailey-Brown and Sam have been terminated.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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The Irish have shut out three of their past five opponents.—
Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
4 Mar. 2026
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Suz Kroeber, a Washington Heights mom of two children, said she and her wife were shut out of 3-k last year for their oldest child.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Defenestrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defenestrate. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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