forfeit
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In addition to prison time, Rinsch must serve three years of supervised release, forfeit the $11 million and pay $700 in mandatory special assessments, according to Monday’s announcement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Bolton, who faces a maximum prison sentence of five years, must also pay a $2.25 million fine and forfeit his federal pension as part of a plea agreement, the Department of Justice said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
They may have to forfeit market share to Iraq in the future, too.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Judges are expected to behave with decorum while on the bench, but the profession doesn’t demand that they forfeit free-speech rights in retirement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Reshevsky paced up and down, a few spectators waited patiently, and when the little red flag fell precisely at noon, the tournament director declared the game a forfeit.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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If Warsh goes quiet while his colleagues continue to give economic-outlook speeches, a kind of unilateral disarmament could take hold where the chair forfeits the bully pulpit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
But a court that tolerates such defiance eventually forfeits the right to demand obedience.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
Alford responded with a Bible verse from the Gospel of Matthew: “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?” according to texts viewed by The Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Hawkins coach Ronald Coltress is the one who had the put the program back together after it went 0-13 in 2016 because of forfeits and firings of coaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2025
As it developed, the flu forfeits didn’t affect Bobby’s pairings or score.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Although I forfeited my membership in the Partnered People club, I became a member of another, equally nonexclusive-but-far-less-touted club, the Happily Divorced Women.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
In addition, the $158.4 billion total includes more than $26 billion forfeited last month after Musk regained his 2018 pay package following recent court orders.
From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026
That meant their reporters forfeited their press passes—which had allowed them to move around in the building without an escort.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
The Conference League place is forfeited - then when the EPS place is applied, the Europa League place jumps over Liverpool and is given to the team in seventh.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
Maybe her mom realized that she'd pretty much forfeited the right to ask questions for all eternity when she dumped Eleanor at somebody's house for a year.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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"We want the Lebanese state to negotiate for itself, and nobody is suggesting forfeiting this role," Fayyad said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026
Armstrong adds that investors should get a discount for forfeiting control: "I want to pay less for a company where my ownership does not include control."
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Then, the Dodgers would have had to reconfigure their defense, likely moving first baseman Freddie Freeman to third, catcher Dalton Rushing to first base and Smith behind the plate, forfeiting the designated hitter spot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
He had to make a charitable donation while forfeiting bonuses and equity, a sum the Tour values at up to $90 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
A subsequent investigation revealed that the primary motivation for the raid was the possibility of forfeiting Scott’s property.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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