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expel

[ik-spel] / ɪkˈspɛl /




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The ruling follows France's decision last week to expel Xenia Fedorova and freeze her assets, a move she denounced as "censorship".

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

After analyzing the attack, Hugging Face was able to expel the hacking AIs, reset its passwords and rebuild the compromised parts of its network.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Representatives from two local tribes draw a parallel between the gather and past efforts to expel their people from their ancestral lands, and say the horses are intertwined with their culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

By helping neurons expel excess toxic Tau, Arc appears to allow damaged cells to survive longer.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026

Get your Sizer’s Stomach Tablets today and expel your troubles tonight.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

The measure bars or expels foreigners deemed to have "spread or incited hate messages" against the country or its people.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

The one outside acts as a condenser, which expels the unwanted heat into the air outside.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Desire expels despair, however, when Marty meets his brother’s new bride.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

After a series of mysterious analog rumblings, the booth expels a tiny strip of prints.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025

It was the mandrake, which fools say expels demons and makes women fruitful, but screams when pulled from the earth.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The researchers propose that after the star expelled this chemically enriched material, some of it gathered together and eventually formed a gas giant planet.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

The New York Times reported Tuesday that two of the fraternity brothers were expelled, two more were suspended, and one who had already graduated was barred from campus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Saints were expelled from the Championship play-offs in May after admitting spying on training sessions involving Oxford United, Ipswich Town, and Middlesbrough before the play-off semi-final.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Year: 2022 Compiled by: Shirin Ali Of note: Santos would later be expelled from Congress, sentenced to prison, and pardoned by President Donald Trump.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

What would become of her classes, would she be expelled, could she still graduate and go to college?

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

He said MI5's successes in identifying and expelling Russian spies from the UK had left the Kremlin dependent on paying proxies for attempted attacks.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The U.S. isn’t expelling Brazil’s ambassador, the State Department official said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Their observations show that even when a black hole appears faint, it may still be actively expelling large amounts of matter rather than simply swallowing everything nearby.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

If VAR had been available, Scottish referee Hugh Dallas could have corrected the missed call, awarding a penalty and giving Frings a red card, expelling him for the final 40 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

It was happening slowly, but there could be no doubt—the Fleece’s magic was seeping into the tree, filling it with new power and expelling the poison.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan


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