expelling

present participle of expel
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as in exhaling
to let or force out of the lungs asked the patient to expel a deep breath

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Recent Examples of expelling Fernández Noroña is also calling an emergency session Friday to propose expelling Moreno and the three other PRI lawmakers as a result of the scuffle, the New York Post reported. Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Brisbane, Australia — Australia is expelling the Iranian ambassador to Canberra after the country’s intelligence agency found that Iran was behind at least two antisemitic attacks on Australian soil. Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025 In addition to expelling the Iranian ambassador, Australia has closed its embassy in Iran, with all of its diplomats already out of the country, Albanese said. Peter Guo, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025 Xinis, who has been dealing with the case for nearly five months, on Monday temporarily barred the government from expelling Abrego Garcia, who is being held in Virginia. Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025 Greene was one of the 112 Republicans who voted against expelling Santos. Chantelle Lee, Time, 5 Aug. 2025 The theme first cropped up in the cold open, which began ostensibly as a sketch about Easter—specifically about Jesus expelling money changers during an act known as the cleansing of the temple. Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2025 Just then, Redmayne appears on a screen as Newt and performs a banishment charm, expelling Skender. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025 Gaza will have no future without new leadership, after dismantling and expelling Hamas and its destructive ideology that revolves around eliminating Israel. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expelling
Verb
  • This revealed that, even as the X-ray emissions of 4U 1630-472 were fading, the system was still ejecting material at an incredible 20 million mph (32 million kph) — about 3% the speed of light, and 15,000 times faster than the top speed of an F-16 jet fighter!
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Reportedly, moments later, a tractor-trailer hauling a load of sugar reportedly slammed into the van, ejecting her from the vehicle and pinning her underneath.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lights appeared up ahead, radiating energy like celestial bodies.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of sound radiating out at all angles, the sound is redirected by solid glass upwards to initially dissipate vertically instead of horizontally.
    Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ahmad Hardy continued his stellar start to the season, erupting for a single-game career-best 250 yards and three touchdowns on just 22 carries.
    Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Images have emerged of disorder erupting in the capital.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Stone stupas rise from the earth like ancient lungs, exhaling centuries of incense across Mrauk U’s windswept plains.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Hydrostatic weighing is time-consuming, and exhaling underwater can be difficult for some people.
    Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Another course on banishing your inner critic has compelling ideas, but suffers from being overproduced.
    Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This tension is only underlined by the filmmakers’ insistence on using pictures of the real Warrens and their demon-banishing clients in the credits of most Conjuring-verse movies.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jenkins, a former Brevard County school board member and speech pathologist, released a launch video casting herself as a fighter for working families, drawing on her own experience working multiple jobs to make ends meet.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Laura Lee Yourex, 62, of Costa Mesa, was charged with five felonies, including perjury, procuring or offering a false or forged document to be filed, casting a ballot when not entitled to vote and registering a non-existent person to vote.
    Riley Hoffman, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Leagues Cup and MLS handed down sanctions following the Leagues Cup post-game brawl between Inter Miami and the Seattle Sounders, and the Luis Suarez spitting incident postgame.
    Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • While saliva is your best friend during a blow job, there’s a more ladylike way to perform without spitting.
    Ian Kumamoto, Them., 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The panel, which Kennedy reshaped earlier this year by dismissing its members and appointing some vaccine skeptics, will convene Thursday and Friday in Atlanta.
    Adeola Adeosun Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • An Arizona inmate tricked court officials into releasing him more than two decades early by filing fake orders allegedly dismissing his charges.
    Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025

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