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depose

[dih-pohz] / dɪˈpoʊz /


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Pitt’s legal team previously attempted to depose Stoli executive Alexey Oliynik in 2025, claiming that he had relevant information pertaining to the Jolie deal.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

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

The green card holder was deployed to Panama in 1989 as the U.S. tried to depose the nation’s de facto leader, Gen. Manuel Noriega.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2025

Bush sent troops in 1989 to depose and arrest the president of Panama, Manuel Noriega.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 4, 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

One night, after shooting wrapped for the day, Ruffalo went home to prepare for a big scene in which Bilott deposes DuPont’s CEO.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 29, 2019

As Hagopian writes, “ESSA deposes one of the cruelest aspects of the test-and-punish policy under NCLB: the so-called ‘Adequate Yearly Progress’ annual test score improvement requirement that labeled nearly every American school failing.”

From Salon Jan. 9, 2016

About that show, he deposes, “People said it increased their appreciation for the radical potentials in Elizabethan drama.”

From New York Times Sep. 11, 2014

Three months of missed targets, and the catfish deposes the leaders he or she has been shadowing.

From BBC Oct. 22, 2013

Our traveller deposes to their doing so, and cites an instance witnessed by himself.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various

The tablet records a royal grant and indicates that Tiglath-pileser probably ruled from roughly 763-762 BCE before eventually being deposed.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

In April of last year, Barragan was deposed as part of a retaliation lawsuit filed by Garrido unrelated to the Wells Fargo case.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Tolomeo, the deposed king of Egypt, is hiding out on the island of Cyprus disguised as a shepherd.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

India's efforts to rebuild ties with Bangladesh's new government are complicated by the continued presence in Delhi of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, whose extradition Dhaka has sought.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Then in 1970, unhappy with the Prince’s government, General Lon Nol, deposed him in a military coup.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing -- who ordered the coup deposing Suu Kyi and now serves as civilian president -- on Thursday said she would serve the remainder of her sentence at a "designated residence".

From Barron's Apr. 30, 2026

Many call for hundreds of hours spent deposing witnesses and performing research, as well as upfront costs of tens of thousands of dollars.

From Salon Aug. 7, 2025

An ally that will never fail, no matter who out there is deposing you.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2025

Back in the 9th District, once Ross stepped aside and let her critics take the microphone to make the case for deposing her, they lost steam.

From Slate May 6, 2024

The Pope had successfully asserted his power of deposing and elevating kings, and had thus acquired a position which influenced the whole subsequent course of European history.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky




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