deported

past tense of deport

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Recent Examples of deported As families across South Florida's Haitian community face uncertainty over the expiration of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), one local teenager says her biggest fear is returning from school to find that her mother has been detained or deported. Tania Francois, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 For those detained For people who do not have a final order of removal and have never been to immigration court, there’s a process that has to take place before they can be deported. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026 Joe was deported to Italy after his sentence, leaving the country in 2019, and that played out on season 10. Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026 So in that case in particular, on July 28th, authorities in Guatemala said a man deported from the US and his wife, who had self-deported to be with her husband, were found dead in a sugarcane field. Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026 However, her asylum claim was ultimately denied, and she was ordered deported, the ruling said. Idaho Statesman, 31 July 2026 Both were deported and are living in Matamoros, Mexico, just south of Brownsville, Texas. ABC News, 30 July 2026 Some 21% of participants reported having an immediate family member who had been deported or detained by immigration officials. Carina Heckert, The Conversation, 30 July 2026 Abdullah Haji Zada, who was 17 when he was arrested but later pleaded guilty as an adult, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and agreed to be deported to Afghanistan after serving his sentence. Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deported
Verb
  • Joe, a Geordie exiled to Yorkshire in search of work, regaled his son with stories of Jackie Milburn and the three FA Cup triumphs of the 1950s.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • And last year’s constitutional reforms had already established a one-party system in a country where opposition leaders no longer exist, because they have been exiled.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • The move was reminiscent of another high-profile Massachusetts murder trial that recently captured headlines, when Karen Read was acquitted of the top charge during her 2025 retrial.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Jurors acquitted him of first-degree murder, court records show.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • Most of us reach for breezy linen pants and flowy maxi dresses during summer, leaving our denim banished to the back of the closet.
    Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026
  • Calypso had been banished to live on the island of Ogygia after the Olympians defeated the Titans long ago.
    Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • Axios first reported allegations in May about Edwards allegedly having behaved inappropriately toward his young female staff.
    Jeff Ballou, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Abdelkader lamented what happened, but said that those who breached the border behaved relatively well.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The poor performance left Doval, relegated to low-leverage opportunities, well removed from Aaron Boone’s circle of trust in recent weeks.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The year 1980 also saw the Tower relegated to second place in the London skyline when the taller NatWest Tower was completed.
    David Szondy August 01, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Trump carried Wisconsin in 2016, lost it in 2020 and then won it again in 2024.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Each would be carried by more than 1,000 newspapers (some, such as the Tribune for a time, carried both) and eventually each claimed 90 million daily readers worldwide.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

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