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Recent Examples of expulse
In this case, shed doesn’t mean put in the tool shed but rather release or expulse the live virus into your surroundings.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 8 May 2021
To expulse the Russian team from the Pyeongchang Games?
—Rebecca R. Ruiz, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2018
Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 8 May 2021
To expulse the Russian team from the Pyeongchang Games?
—Rebecca R. Ruiz, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expulse
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DeSantis vetoed the Legislature’s last attempt at drawing new congressional district lines and forced his own map on them in 2022, one that eliminated two Black congressional districts and spurred lawsuits from voting rights groups.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
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The law is projected to cut $1 trillion mostly from Medicaid and Affordable Care Act insurance plans and eliminate insurance coverage for 11.8 million people over the next decade, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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Lessons have been learned from recent campaigns, where the squad has run out of steam come March.—
Sam Leveridge,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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And with over 1,000 multinational businesses having exited from Russia, the Kremlin is running out of new cookie jars to raid to keep the lights on.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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These alliances can create competing blocs, excluding developing nations and reversing global integration.—
Jay Patel,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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That bill calls for not only excluding noncitizens from the apportionment numbers, but also a new census and round of congressional redistricting before the 2026 midterm election.—
Hansi Lo Wang,
NPR,
7 Aug. 2025
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The book also reported that William has been trying for years to get Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, evicted from the Royal Lodge, the 30-room mansion the former couple live in on the Windsor Castle grounds.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
7 Aug. 2025
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How did the Big Brother Season 27 houseguests vote in Week 4? Votes to evict Kelley: Rachel, Ashley Votes to evict Jimmy: Morgan, Rylie, Keanu, Katherine, Vince, Will, Ava, Zach, Laura Who was evicted from Big Brother Season 27 in Week 4?—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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Mexico has expelled 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States in the latest major deal with the Trump administration as American authorities ratchet up pressure on criminal networks sending drugs across the border, a person familiar with the matter said.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Mexico has expelled 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States in the latest major deal with the Trump administration as American authorities ratchet up pressure on criminal networks sending drugs across the border, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Tuesday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Aug. 2025
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Sometimes Evie imagined the land, the world, the city around her as a cartoon neighborhood, the houses’ edges elastic like balloons, their walls filling up and bloating and then, all at once, popping: ejecting out the riffraff and trash in a huff.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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The following year, he and Patricia were ejected from a Congressional hearing on the second amendment after exchanging words with lawmakers.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
4 Aug. 2025
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This week, filming took the cast out east, and Zoe was taking a few extra days for herself before flying back to the West Coast.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
8 Aug. 2025
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Ever on the lookout for versions of the Peruvian Eden from which he had been cast out as a child, Gauguin expected, in Brittany, to encounter Celtic culture in all its untrampled magnificence.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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The top Republican on the Indianapolis City-County Council, Michael-Paul Hart, was ousted from his leadership role this week after just eight months on the job.—
Hayleigh Colombo,
IndyStar,
15 Aug. 2025
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Brown could benefit from the sizable field in her district if her challengers split the vote among those looking to oust her from office.—
Mary Ramsey
August 14,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Expulse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expulse. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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