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[oust] / aʊst /


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For those who don’t remember or never knew what happened, he was the 14-year-old freshman who exposed on a social media post an attempt to oust veteran head coach Gary Parcell.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Bringing it all to a head: a civil trial began last week in a federal court where Elon Musk was trying to oust Altman, his former partner, and gunk up OpenAI’s going-public ambitions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Musk, 54, even filed a lawsuit seeking to oust 41-year-old Altman as OpenAI chief executive.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

As criticism of Swalwell swirled in the wake of the revelations, lawmakers opened an ethics investigation and began discussing taking action to oust him and Gonzales from Congress.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Reiterating that police had framed him as a part of a drive to oust Communists from Chicago, Erlone demanded that the charges upon which he had been originally held be made public.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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