depose
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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
Sabata was opposed to the Bantu Authorities and would not capitulate, but my visitors were afraid that Matanzima would depose him, which is eventually what happened.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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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
Otto I, Emperor, the Great, 77; marriage, 78; crowned Emperor, 78; his empire, 79, 80; tries and deposes Pope John XII, 82-84.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Henry Dwight Sedgwick
Myanmar is now facing a landmark genocide case at the International Court of Justice, which saw deposed leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi testify.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
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
Earlier this year, civil rights attorneys deposed two ICE deportation officers and learned the agency had shifted from conducting targeted enforcement operations to making collateral arrests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
We’ve reported how deposed Commissioner Marty Makary and his biologics chief Vinay Prasad shifted standards for approving the treatment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The magistrate simply deposed my father, thus ending the Mandela family chieftainship.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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The lightning operation combined naval, air and ground forces, deposing the strongman who had led Venezuela since 2013.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
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
Court records show that the agency disagreed with deposing Sessions and Nielsen on the grounds of the apex deposition doctrine, which serves to protect high-ranking officials from having to testify.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2023
A military junta seized Niger on July 26, deposing President Mohamed Bazoum.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2023
In 858 he prevented Louis-le-Germanique from deposing his nephew and becoming King of France.
From Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) by Various
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