deep-sixed
Example Sentences
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The Assembly passed Statham’s bill, but the Senate rules committee deep-sixed it.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2021
And they buried this man’s story for a long time because nobody could figure out how to tell it without losing money or losing their career or getting themselves deep-sixed some kind of way.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2020
Both George Washington and James Madison made nominations that were deep-sixed for political reasons.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2016
The more popular opinion is that the NHL deep-sixed Scott out of malice.
From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2016
“I confronted Mr. McCamman about why he deep-sixed the report until after AB 711 had been voted on, and he — I think we caught him flat-footed — he said, ‘Yes, we deep-sixed it.’
From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2014
