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Recent Examples of demotionWhether this is a one-week elevation, or a permanent demotion based on practice performance, or a push towards the franchise’s future, will likely be clarified by coach Mike McDaniel after the game.—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025 For some starting pitchers, a move to the bullpen might be considered a demotion.—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025 However, Flacco's demotion did not change Shedeur Sanders' position.—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025 Some of the agents had been reassigned earlier this year, in what were widely seen as demotions, The Washington Post reported.—Huo Jingnan, NPR, 27 Sep. 2025 The man was devastated, especially after learning his new role came with a demotion and a $15,000 pay cut.—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025 To find a solution, the district and the architects also explored expanding the MUR in the other direction, however, that would require the demotion of the outdoor amphitheater (with its dragon mascot mural) with no room on campus for a relocation.—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025 The airline has already announced furloughs and demotions of hundreds of pilots.—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025 Campbell calls it a demotion, though not with any bitterness or resentment.—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Miller said his clients believe that this additional context and other policy changes at Indiana Medicaid will address the judge's concerns that anchored her dismissal.
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Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
24 Oct. 2025
Karen Scham — the resident who originally petitioned to remove the books — was also in attendance, urging Lewin-Lane’s dismissal.
Takaichi agreed to back JIP policies such as a reduction in parliamentary seats, free high school education and a two-year pause on food consumption tax, according to Reuters.
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Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
The fields will also be reduced, thanks to new membership reduction measures that take effect next January.
Allen has always had a catholic approach to musical style, and that attitude serves the emotional spectrum of West End Girl well, with the stages of relationship grief and personal humiliation echoed by the music surrounding her.
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Maura Johnston,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2025
The lawsuit draws attention to the emotional harm and humiliation caused by such images.
Rangers look like turning back to Steven Gerrard, their title-winning manager in 2020-21, after the swift sacking of Russell Martin.
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Phil Hay,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
Following the burning and sacking of the city by the Roman general Varus and his troops, Herod Antipas, the son of Herod the Great who was made the ruler of Galilee by Augustus, rebuilt Sepphoris as his showcase capital.
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