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Recent Examples of ejection
The veteran forward had just taken an elbow to the head from the Anaheim Ducks’ Leo Carlsson, a hit that resulted in Carlsson’s ejection from the game.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Nov. 2025
There could be an ejection at Kauffman Stadium next week.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2025
College football fans demanded that the officials call a targeting penalty on Downs, which would have led to an ejection.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Walker was distraught heading up the tunnel after his second ejection, having let his emotions get the best of him.
—Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
Linebacker Matt Rose had a game-high 12 tackles despite missing the first half due to his targeting ejection last week.
—Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch's ejection for his role in a postgame brawl during Sunday night's game in Kansas City has become a hot button topic for NFL and Lions fans ever since, with Lions players Alim McNeill and Dan Skipper expressing their anger in recent days.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Tibbetts didn’t mince words about his ejection and the refereeing.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Nov. 2025
There could be an ejection at Kauffman Stadium next week.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2025
College football fans demanded that the officials call a targeting penalty on Downs, which would have led to an ejection.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Walker was distraught heading up the tunnel after his second ejection, having let his emotions get the best of him.
—Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
Linebacker Matt Rose had a game-high 12 tackles despite missing the first half due to his targeting ejection last week.
—Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch's ejection for his role in a postgame brawl during Sunday night's game in Kansas City has become a hot button topic for NFL and Lions fans ever since, with Lions players Alim McNeill and Dan Skipper expressing their anger in recent days.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Tibbetts didn’t mince words about his ejection and the refereeing.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ejection
Noun
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Israel’s first occupation of Gaza was characterized by war crimes, massacres, and expulsions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Robert Eggers' first feature tells a folk horror tale about a devout family — led by father William (Ralph Ineson) and his wife, Katherine (Kate Dickie) — living on an isolated farm in 1630s New England after their expulsion from Puritan society.—
Michael Lee Simpson,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Khan blamed the army and the United States for engineering his ouster, and led energetic protests demanding immediate, fresh elections.—
Rafia Zakaria,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Tidmarsh’s ouster is the latest in a string of haphazard leadership changes at the agency, which has been rocked for months by firings, departures and controversial decisions on vaccines, fluoride and other products.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Greece now offers a new five-year golden visa for foreign investors, creating another enticing relocation option for Americans interested in moving abroad.—
Brittany Chang,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 Jan. 2026
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Google cofounder Larry Page has quietly—or loudly—joined the billionaire exodus from California, shifting businesses east and dropping about $173 million on two ultra-luxury waterfront mansions in Miami’s Coconut Grove in a move that looks strikingly similar to Jeff Bezos’ relocation playbook.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The violence and chaos are driving hunger and displacement as tens of thousands flee their homes, posing risks not only to the country but to regional security.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
5 Jan. 2026
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For all three, conquest and displacement of native peoples would be a major theme, but larger-scale and more violent in the United States than that in Canada or Brazil.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
4 Jan. 2026
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Others have shuttered their services, changing the landscape of the refugee resettlement process.—
NPR,
NPR,
31 Oct. 2025
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These include executive orders and regulatory changes to enforce immigration laws more strictly, pause or restrict refugee resettlement, reinstate rapid-expulsion policies like Title 42, expedite deportations, and increase border barrier construction.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Follow evacuation instructions without delay.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Jan. 2026
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West Altadena received no evacuation alerts while other areas were warned, with nearly all Eaton fire deaths occurring in this historically Black community.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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His daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, have remained in the Windsor dynasty's good graces following Andrew's banishment.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
29 Dec. 2025
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Its collapse, in 1946, led to his execution and his family’s banishment to Tehran, where Googoosh was born, in 1950.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
10 Dec. 2025
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On whale cams, clingy fish steal the show The marine scientist who recorded the accidental close-ups of the remoras’ high-speed whale surfing had placed suction-cup cameras on humpbacks during their annual migration from Antarctica to the waters off Australia’s Queensland state.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Directed by Alicia Núñez Puerto, the short interweaves migration, past history and menstruation, presenting lineage as something carried across oceans and generations.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Ejection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ejection. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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