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to make a claim of wrongdoing against
the company's president has been impeached by the Securities and Exchange Commission
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as in challenged
to demand proof of the truth or rightness of
questionable methodology that should cause us to impeach the findings of this survey on obesity
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Recent Examples of impeached
Chad De Guzman,
Time,
11 May 2026
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Just 15 judges have been impeached, and only eight removed from office.
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Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
19 June 2026
Yoon was quickly suspended from office, impeached and formally removed by the Constitutional Court.
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ABC News,
11 June 2026
Congress ultimately impeached him, and came within one vote of removing him from office.
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New York Times,
11 June 2026
Paxton was impeached by the Texas House in 2023 after lawmakers voted to formally accuse him of misconduct while serving as Texas attorney general.
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Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
Paxton was impeached in 2023 for allegations related to corruption and abuse of office.
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Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 June 2026
However, Ruto’s former deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, who was impeached in 2024, told CNN the plan revealed double standards on the part of the US and should be resisted.
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Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
In the past ten years, four Presidents have been impeached by Congress, and two have resigned.
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Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
Adjective
Of the five impeached public officials in the country’s history, including Duterte, only one—a former Supreme Court Chief Justice—has been convicted.
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Chad De Guzman,
Time,
11 May 2026
Verb
Many voters had hoped the election would draw a line under years of political chaos that has seen a string of presidents jailed, deposed and impeached.
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CBS News,
24 June 2026
Just 15 judges have been impeached, and only eight removed from office.
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Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
19 June 2026
Yoon was quickly suspended from office, impeached and formally removed by the Constitutional Court.
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ABC News,
11 June 2026
Congress ultimately impeached him, and came within one vote of removing him from office.
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New York Times,
11 June 2026
Paxton was impeached by the Texas House in 2023 after lawmakers voted to formally accuse him of misconduct while serving as Texas attorney general.
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Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
Paxton was impeached in 2023 for allegations related to corruption and abuse of office.
—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 June 2026
However, Ruto’s former deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, who was impeached in 2024, told CNN the plan revealed double standards on the part of the US and should be resisted.
—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
In the past ten years, four Presidents have been impeached by Congress, and two have resigned.
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Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impeached
Adjective
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But the reality [is] Trump does an impeachable offense every week.
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And there was explicit conversation among founders about how violations of the Emoluments Clause constitute impeachable offenses.
Verb
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Zelenskyy issued a decree on May 26 naming a military unit of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, or UPA, which operated during the 1940s and 1950s and has been accused in Poland of mass killings.
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Amid the nearly $1 million scandal, Daniel Chartraw, formerly of South Lake Tahoe, was accused of controlling companies, including Crypto-Pal LLC.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has challenged six regional grid operators to justify or overhaul their connection rules for massive electricity users, like AI data centers, within 60 days.
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For most leagues, this would be an open-and-shut case; a ban from the sport would never be challenged.
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Carrying a gun without that permission is a misdemeanor that is punishable by up to one year in prison.
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The rape charge in this case was a low-level felony punishable by up to four years in prison — less time than Weinstein already has served.
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He was indicted in April 2023 for leaving the scene of a crash, 10 counts of assault and other vehicle and traffic law violations.
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Months later, in October, King was indicted for perjury, for allegedly lying under oath in grand jury testimony.
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Riff questioned Hochman on Thursday about what legal grounds a judge had to halt a payout that the five county supervisors wanted to move forward despite the fraud allegations that first came to light in October.
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Tangipa also questioned how districts would verify eligibility while protecting employee privacy.
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Yes, every life includes some unique and untold combination of experiences for which other people are morally culpable.
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The Delhi Police registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against unknown persons in connection with the fire and an investigation was underway.
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Before then, such cases were prosecuted under a patchwork of local ordinances that varied across the country.
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He is now being prosecuted for his actions.
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“Impeached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impeached. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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