expel
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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
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
The results of this were put before a committee, that included trading standards officers, and it was decided to expel the company from the federation.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
“I was surprised they didn’t expel him,” said Henry’s mom.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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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
When a black hole jet heats that gas or expels it entirely, the galaxy's ability to produce new stars can drop sharply.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2026
Serena Joy, who has been holding her breath, expels it.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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The amount of material expelled could even be comparable to the amount that the black hole eventually consumes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Bai would later be expelled from the surrogacy industry’s ethics group for her role in assisting a U.S. couple accused of deceiving surrogates into carrying more than 20 children for them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
He was close to being expelled - but his worried mother had no idea how serious his actions were.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Television channel T24 said on X that the 55-year-old politician, considered to be the main opposition challenger to Turkey's veteran President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had been "expelled from the courtroom... for disrupting order and discipline".
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
“Mr. Kempsey telephoned earlier. About that expelled boy.”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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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
Over the weekend, several House lawmakers suggested expelling both Swalwell and Gonzales, who had already dropped his re-election bid after admitting having an affair with an aide.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
India denied the allegations, which chilled ties between the two nations, and saw each expelling a string of diplomats in 2024.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
In 1774 the Shawnee responded to these encroachments by raiding squatter settlements and expelling land surveyors.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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