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Recent Examples of defund
But House Republicans rejected that plan, arguing that the bill would be caving to Democratic demands to defund the president's immigration agenda.
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Stefan Becket, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Such cuts would defund Florida Forever, severely limiting the state’s ability to protect priority conservation lands and undermining administrative and staffing capacity.
—Susan Carr, Sun Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
Some conservative politicians have pushed to defund NPR and PBS for reasons ranging from concerns of bias to wasteful spending.
—Corey Hutchins, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
The move to defund the program, which benefitted many Cuban children fleeing communism, has sparked outcry from South Florida political and religious leaders — including members of the president’s own party.
—Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
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Stefan Becket, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Such cuts would defund Florida Forever, severely limiting the state’s ability to protect priority conservation lands and undermining administrative and staffing capacity.
—Susan Carr, Sun Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
Some conservative politicians have pushed to defund NPR and PBS for reasons ranging from concerns of bias to wasteful spending.
—Corey Hutchins, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
The move to defund the program, which benefitted many Cuban children fleeing communism, has sparked outcry from South Florida political and religious leaders — including members of the president’s own party.
—Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
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However, in November 2019 — less than two years after taking office and a month after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize — Abiy dissolved the EPRDF.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
31 May 2026
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Instead, Colorado received two stores, and six decades later, the one launched in Glendale remains one of the company’s most active.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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Fed on moral scraps, the child must find her own meaning on which to subsist.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Many Cubans were subsisting, and working in industries outright owned by Americans.—
Mo Rocca,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Defund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defund. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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