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Starmer sacked Mandelson last September after a trove of emails revealed the depth of his ties with Epstein.—
Elizabeth Piper,
USA Today,
7 May 2026 -
But there have also been frequent changes in the dugout, with seven managers since Mauricio Pochettino was sacked in November 2019, and a major change in the boardroom, with the Lewis family removing Daniel Levy from his role as executive chairman last September.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
7 May 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 addition of ripple fries, billed as a healthier version of the fast-food staple, lasted five months before being axed.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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Most notably, Lufthansa axed 20,000 flights through October.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Critics of the renaming say keeping Trotter’s name could allow the college to confront its history rather than remove visible reminders of it.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2026
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In his lawsuit, Elon Musk is seeking $150 billion in damages, for Altman to be removed from OpenAI and for the company to be returned to nonprofit status.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Mary Brown retired after coaching boys and girls volleyball in the district for 19 years, including the past eight years with the Knights’ boys team.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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But, after the couple retired and migrated south to Mexico City, Hurst dove back into photography with gusto, until his death, from cancer, in 2023.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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She was subsequently kicked off the worship team, her family was ostracized and the man who’d attacked her was left unpunished.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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He’s ostracized, bullied, ridiculed, beaten.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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The program mirrored a similar feasibility-testing venture that began in the 1970s, which was swiftly terminated once oil prices stabilized.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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If she were terminated before then, the city would be obligated to give 60 days’ notice and provide 20 weeks of severance pay, close to $140,000.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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Season 2 picked up 11 Emmy wins, but Season 3 was shut out with 13 nominations.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
6 May 2026
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The city that built out, not up, offered land aplenty — acres at first, then smaller and smaller parcels, fine and dandy, just so long as the front door shut out the world and the back door opened onto a yard, green, clean, and most of all private.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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“Defenestrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defenestrate. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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