deported

past tense of deport

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of deported Navarrete was living with his friends in a South Fort Worth apartment complex after his parents were deported to Columbia. — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026 Petrova had been briefly detained by immigration officials and feared being deported to Russia and imprisoned there. — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026 The victim, now an adult, had asked the board to do so, and the man has since been deported, WCCO reported. — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026 Palacios, the first to be arrested, was deported from Jamaica to Colombia but would be arrested in Panama and extradited to the United States while in transit. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026 Kilmar Armando Ábrego Garcia was deported to the Salvadorean mega-prison despite being legally present in the US. — David Baldacci, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026 The number of applicants for special status plummeted this year, partly due to fears of being deported mid-process. — Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026 An estimated 660,000 people have been deported in the past fiscal year, according to the Migration Policy Institute, short of the administration’s goal of 1 million annually. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026 One was deported to Honduras, despite concerns about the reach of Nicaragua’s government into neighboring countries. — Lynn Northcutt Vega, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deported
Verb
  • Hanuman introduces the brothers to Sugriva, who has been exiled from his kingdom by his elder brother, Vali.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Karen would absolutely be a Catherine Zeta-Jones character who has been exiled to Arrakis following a particularly contentious divorce.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Impeached by the Texas House of Representatives in 2023, he was acquitted by the Texas Senate months later.
    — Tovah Lazaroff, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The agent in the case was eventually acquitted of charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter.
    — Francisco Cantú, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • These cases include the current lawsuit by CNN, MS NOW and Politico, whose journalists were banished from the White House in September.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Some ideas stay banished, while others return in new, exciting ways, giving homes a refresh that still feels familiar.
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 24 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Photo courtesy of Elsberry Riding and Farm HeeHaw's owner, Hannah Michelle Israel, has said the donkey was gentle and had never behaved aggressively.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Comment sections were filled with glib condemnations of relatives who had behaved idiotically after exposure.
    — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Garver struggled offensively in Seattle compared with his time in Texas and was relegated to a backup role behind catcher Cal Raleigh.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, he’s often relegated to the role of good-faith interlocutor, trying his best to get to the truth of who Holmes and Evans are, the nature of their relationship, and their motivations for participating in this project.
    — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The vehicle carried no nuclear warhead during the demonstration.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Ossoff, 39, began the cycle as a top Republican target and the only Senate Democrat running for reelection in a state Trump carried in 2024.
    — Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026

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“Deported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deported. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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