extradition

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Recent Examples of extradition The pair will face an extradition hearing in Tennessee before being brought to Buncombe County, according to the BCSO. Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026 They are expected to face an extradition hearing on Monday before being transferred back to North Carolina to face charges. Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026 Authorities said Thorsen was arrested in Germany in summer 2025 and flown back to Atlanta on May 7 under an extradition order. Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 9 May 2026 Three more defendants are awaiting extradition to San Diego. Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for extradition
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Noun
  • The city’s leaders worry about the facility's insufficient infrastructure, while Senator Warnock remains opposed to the administration’s aggressive deportation policies.
    Lautaro Grinspan, AJC.com, 15 May 2026
  • Worries surrounding deportation are also having an effect, the report says.
    Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Birds exhibit sneeze-like respiratory expulsions as well, and even some reptiles do, too.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • In the 1930s, Mexican American citizens were deported from the United States as part of a program that led to the expulsion of about 1 million Mexicans.
    Daisy Hernández, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • McCrorey Heights displacement Ivory doesn’t remember what happened when her mom received the letter from the state highway commission.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026
  • Roseberry’s work privileges spectacle—volume, gold, anatomical exaggeration—where Schiaparelli’s shock lay in wit and displacement.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 May 2026

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“Extradition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extradition. Accessed 17 May. 2026.

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