fired

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“I had so much respect for her at the beginning,” Paige Holland-Thielen, one of the fired employees who helped circulate the letter, told the New York Times in 2022.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The U.S. military fired on the Palau-flagged Settebello Wednesday after the oil tanker failed to comply with American instructions, according to U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

In a post on X, US Central Command said an aircraft fired "precision munitions" into the engine room of the Palau-flagged Settebello "after the crew repeatedly failed to comply with directions from American forces".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Most recently, he was fired by the Rangers in 2025 after two years with the team.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

And that was why, instead of doing what he’d planned, which was to tell the boy he was fired, he ordered him to get dressed.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman