deported

past tense of deport

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of deported Human Rights Watch’s report says some people deported to third countries face detention, abuse and the prospect of persecution. — Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 Human Rights Watch's report says some people deported to third countries face detention, abuse and the prospect of persecution. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 The Salvadoran national's case became a focal point in the immigration debate after he was mistakenly deported to his home country last year. — Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026 If a student is detained or deported, college officials must try to help the student retain their eligibility for financial aid, research funding, housing stipends and other benefits the student was awarded, per the state policy. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026 According to Mexican deportee support organizations such as Otros Dreams en Acción, it has been documented that those deported to Mexico, especially women, fear for their lives in the months and years right after deportation. — Daniel Peña, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026 Abrego Garcia, who had been living in Maryland with his family, was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March 2025, despite a judge's 2019 order that blocked his deportation to the country on the grounds that he could be harmed by local gangs. — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 According to court records, he was deported in 1995, 2006 and 2019. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026 The arrangements have drawn mounting scrutiny, most recently after migrants deported to Equatorial Guinea were held at gunpoint and beaten. — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deported
Verb
  • The celebrity kingmaker had finally been officially exiled from the royal court.
    — Lindsey Weber, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The outlet notes that at the same referendum, male heirs of Italy’s last king (aka sons of the Savoy family) were exiled and barred from ever entering the country.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The judge deferred ruling on Rashbaum’s constitutional challenge until after trial, and the issue became moot when the jury acquitted Renaud on all counts.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Images of an angry and sobbing Brown became the media’s hallmark of grief during the criminal trial, particularly when Simpson was acquitted in 1995.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Shortly after King Charles stripped him of his titles and banished him from his home at Royal Lodge, he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in office.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Drake Baldwin banished any fears of a sophomore slump by having his first All-Star season.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The vegetables’ changing moisture, texture and shape also meant no two instruments behaved exactly alike.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The company has since disclosed several additional incidents where its models behaved in unintended ways, prompting industry researchers and government officials to call for additional oversight.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This is not something that’s relegated to a few institutions.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The medical procedures to carry out the injections are therefore relegated to untrained staff, according to editorial in PLoS Medicine.
    — Allen Chang, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In Moore’s case, though, the contents of those boxes carried a different weight.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • But by the mid-2020s, the current had carried Rothe back to the genre that embraced her the most.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026

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“Deported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deported. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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