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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 4, 2025

First, though, they have to depose holders New Zealand in a blockbuster semi-final on Friday at Ashton Gate.

From BBC Sep. 13, 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

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

“There was no one I could tell that I had been wounded, that I had a concussion,” one woman deposes.

From New York Times Jul. 25, 2017

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

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

From BBC Oct. 22, 2013

Each much deposes; hear them in their turn.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Edward Young

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

But her rhetoric has shifted since replacing her deposed predecessor.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

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

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

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

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

From BBC Dec. 30, 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 abbot waxed exceedingly wroth, and wished to depose the sacrist, alleging that he possessed a privilege of our lord the pope, giving him power of deposing William, his sacrist, whensoever it pleased him.

From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Jocelin de Brakelond




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