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depose

[dih-pohz] / dɪˈpoʊz /


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“We want to depose their experts and probe and test their experts’ opinions,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

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

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

Butler is represented by attorney Tim Lawson, who deposed JSerra officials.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

He played a key role in persuading Trump during his first term to back off plans to remove U.S. troops from Syria, ruled at the time by Bashar al-Assad, who was later deposed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Many voters had hoped the election would draw a line under years of political chaos that has seen a string of presidents jailed, deposed and impeached.

From Barron's Jun. 9, 2026

Its other key ally, Bashar al Assad had been deposed as president of Syria and fled to Moscow.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

The Igbo were, after all, a people who deposed gods that had outlived their usefulness.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The lightning operation combined naval, air and ground forces, deposing the strongman who had led Venezuela since 2013.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

The general justified deposing Condé on similar charges - including rampant corruption, disregard for human rights and economic mismanagement.

From BBC Dec. 30, 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

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

Napoleon now began to seek precedents in history for the deposing of the Pope.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham




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