banished

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The briefings, he insisted, were the "worst attack on a faithful" since rugby player Joe Marler had been banished in the finale of hit TV show Celebrity Traitors.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

I’m shocked that Season 2’s Kate Chastain is the only person who’s begged to be banished.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

In the space of 100 seconds on the slopes of Cortina, the greatest skier of all time had banished eight years of Olympic misery, nightmares, and self-doubt to become a champion again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

South Korea's disgraced former president Yoon Suk Yeol could be banished to death row on February 19 when he fronts court over his disastrous bid to impose martial law.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

These alone among the older gods were not banished with the coming of Zeus, but they took a lower place.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton