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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

Before me, the undersigned authority, personally appeared John Bodnar, who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he lives at 542 Gold Way, Homestead, Pa., that on Tuesday, Sept.

From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by William Z. Foster

Col Lamah caught public attention during the September 2021 coup when he was photographed in a vehicle carrying deposed President Condé.

From BBC Aug. 26, 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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

The king’s Asian empire, alas, proved even more ephemeral than Alexander’s: within six months all his appointed governors were deposed, and Seleucus II was crowned in Babylon.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

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

Niger's military is under pressure for failing to curb militant attacks, one of its justifications for deposing democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum in 2023.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2025

There he so vigorously defended the conduct of Flavian in deposing Eutyches that he was thrown into prison, whence he had great difficulty in making his escape to Rome.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various




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