1
as in accusing
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 questioning
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 impeaching
Someone should be impeaching this Laporta clown.
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Pol Ballus, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Pol Ballus, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impeaching
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Republicans balked, accusing Democrats of holding the government hostage by standing in the way of continued federal funding unless their health-care demands are met.—
Kevin Breuninger,Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps Musk didn’t care whether a dubious video accusing Disney World employees of being pedophiles was true.—
Jacob Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The club’s former general manager Pierpaolo Marino then poured fuel on the fire by questioning whether Scott McTominay should have been pushed out to the left of midfield to make way for summer arrival De Bruyne.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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He also was sought for questioning in a child abuse case, Ferrell said.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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Detectives continued working the case for years, and in 2022, arrested Shannon Robinson, as well as another individual, but a grand jury didn’t end up indicting them at the time, Sheriff Tim Soignet said.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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Both cases were dismissed last November in line with longstanding Justice Department policy against indicting sitting presidents.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Everyone needs a break from the day-to-day but trying to take a trip to get away on a budget can be challenging.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Oct. 2025
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Since debuting in 2019’s Honey Boy, Twigs seems drawn to challenging characters within an ensemble.—
Shirley Halperin,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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Some lawmakers have also called on DOJ to take a more active role in prosecuting criminals who pretend to be ICE agents.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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In articles, litigation, and other public forums, leaders of those organizations argued that rather than stifle hate groups, prosecuting hate speakers would draw attention to their ideas and increase the following of these organizations.—
Time,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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The goal is to alarm you into calling a scammer's fake support number under the pretense of disputing a fraudulent PayPal transaction.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Tylenol manufacturer Kenvue issued a statement Sunday strongly disputing any link between autism and acetaminophen use during pregnancy.—
Joseph Choi,
The Hill,
22 Sep. 2025
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Another at the micro level is a lot of lopsided red and blue districts and very few purple ones, which means that precious few individual seats are likely to change hands, or even be worth contesting.—
Craig Gilbert,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Diggs filed a response to the suit, contesting that the baby is his.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Impeaching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impeaching. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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