depose
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Sadie Weldon, a private citizen, sought to depose the Lilith Fund’s deputy director using a special Texas mechanism called a 202 petition that allows people to investigate a potential claim before filing suit.
From Slate • Jan. 16, 2026
Bush sent troops in 1989 to depose and arrest the president of Panama, Manuel Noriega.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
The top generals - Hemedti among them - met and decided to depose Bashir instead.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025
Returning to our old friend Ludwig for a moment, note that he was known as “Mad King Ludwig” to the people who wanted to depose him, starting with his courtiers.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025
At the conference that December, we in the Youth League knew we had the votes to depose Dr. Xuma.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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