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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
Both boys testified that Jackson had masturbated in front of them and molested Gavin on several occasions, but Jackson’s defense capably pointed out various inconsistencies in their stories and presented impeaching witnesses.
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Amelia McDonell-Parry, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2026
Trump has called for impeaching Boasberg.
—Arkansas Online, 15 Apr. 2026
Trump has called for impeaching Boasberg.
—Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Under the new bicameral structure, impeaching the president will be easier, with the Senate only needing 40 of the 60 senators to approve it.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Barnes suggested that invoking the 25th Amendment would be harder than impeaching a president.
—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
Some of your colleagues, including Senator Gary Peters, saying that impeaching Noem actually won’t address the root of the problem.
—NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
Other lawmakers have batted around the idea of impeaching her.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
Even if the House succeeded in impeaching a judge, the Senate would need to affirm that decision by a two-thirds majority vote.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2026
Amelia McDonell-Parry, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2026
Trump has called for impeaching Boasberg.
—Arkansas Online, 15 Apr. 2026
Trump has called for impeaching Boasberg.
—Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Under the new bicameral structure, impeaching the president will be easier, with the Senate only needing 40 of the 60 senators to approve it.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Barnes suggested that invoking the 25th Amendment would be harder than impeaching a president.
—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
Some of your colleagues, including Senator Gary Peters, saying that impeaching Noem actually won’t address the root of the problem.
—NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
Other lawmakers have batted around the idea of impeaching her.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
Even if the House succeeded in impeaching a judge, the Senate would need to affirm that decision by a two-thirds majority vote.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impeaching
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What happened The Justice Department on Tuesday charged the Southern Poverty Law Center with financial crimes, accusing the civil rights organization of secretly paying informants in the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist groups without telling its donors.—
Peter Weber,
TheWeek,
22 Apr. 2026
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The situation has already cost Feldstein Soto, who is up for re-election, the endorsement of the powerful union for the LAPD’s rank-and-file officers, which withdrew its support after accusing the city attorney of failing to disclose the full extent of the breach.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Sources say the character didn’t survive test screenings (audiences kept questioning why Andy needed a roommate at all).—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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Panamanian officials confirmed that Jalil was immediately transferred to the country’s Judicial Investigation Directorate and is expected to face questioning by prosecutors in the coming days.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
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Gerbasi said potential attorneys for the DOJ's Criminal Division might be worried they could be asked to do something unethical, such as indicting someone without sufficient evidence.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
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The central and longest section presents the Guru’s grievances against Aurangzeb in the style of a Sufi pir (spiritual guide) addressing a deviant murid (disciple), indicting the emperor for violating the oath and sanctioning the murder of Gobind Singh’s sons.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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Other entries follow an expert forager and fermenter in Southern California, adaptive mountain bikers challenging their disabilities in Vermont and native bees in California, which are seeing their populations drastically dwindle.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Affording a vehicle is challenging for most, and many assembly plants have shuttered in recent years.—
CNN Staff,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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In exchange for the state not prosecuting, Ridglan agreed to surrender its state breeding license by July 1, 2026, according to the special prosecutor's report, ending its practice of selling dogs to outside researchers.—
Quinn Clark,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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But Justice Department prosecutors in Chicago had less success prosecuting those arrested than their peers in California.—
A.C. Thompson,
ProPublica,
14 Apr. 2026
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In light of Robinson’s death, her family is disputing authorities’ ruling that the 31-year-old influencer died by suicide.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Israel's continued attacks in Lebanon have posed an ongoing threat to the fragile truce, with Israel disputing that the agreement extended to its operations against Hezbollah.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2026
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Anthony Edwards was the low man, contesting the shot for Minnesota.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
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But Mike’s attorney, Raymond Rafool, tells PEOPLE that Constance is contesting that, likening it to a bad deal signed years ago at a vulnerable moment.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Impeaching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impeaching. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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