banishment
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Let’s say you were ordered deported and you now faced banishment from your country.
From Slate • Feb. 17, 2026
Part hobo, part insult comic, part performance artist, Diogenes flaunted his disregard for convention in ways that scandalized the bourgeoisie of Athens and, later, Corinth, after his banishment from Sinope became permanent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
That means the banishment will be left “to the hands of fate,” Winkleman said.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025
Cher wasn’t offended by the banishment; in fact, she clarified her fashion intentions with impeccable logic.
From Salon • May 3, 2025
By the time Cicero reaches his peroration, he has asked something in the order of fifty questions to Catiline—each designed to make his failure to go into voluntary banishment look bizarre and unnatural.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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