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For instance, the Jazz were ousted in five games by the eventual champion San Antonio Spurs, while the Celtics lost an ugly six-game affair against the New Jersey Nets.

His contacts in Kyiv included close associates of Ukraine’s corrupt former President Viktor Yanukovych, who was ousted in a revolution in 2014.

Viacom was actually worried about me being ousted and thought it was a dangerous move because I was the brand.

From Ozy

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday ousted its top spokesperson, Emily Miller, after less than two weeks on the job, reports the New York Times.

From Axios

Following the passionate viewer enthusiasm for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign and election, Klein was ousted from CNN in 2010 amid low prime-time ratings and, in his opinion, post-election viewer fatigue during the financial crisis.

From Digiday

The broader goal was to oust Saddam in order to build a beautiful democracy in the Middle East and thereby transform the region.

Two years later, Kansas helped oust Curtis—and Hoover—by voting for Franklin Roosevelt and re-electing McGill.

In 1992 Dostum “defected” to the side of the mujahedin and joined in the battle to take Kabul and oust Najibullah.

The Ukrainian parliament was deciding whether to officially oust President Victor Yanukovych.

Just two weeks ago, Prayuth felt compelled to deny that senior figures in the country had pressured him to oust the government.

Junot already held Portugal; it seemed as if it needed but a vigorous movement to oust the Bourbons from Madrid.

The nativesʼ anxiety to oust the Spaniards was far stronger than their wish to be under American, or indeed any foreign, control.

Who would there be who could effectively contest his claim, or oust him from his place?

Of old time, golden wheat conquered and held possession, and now the grass threatens to oust the conqueror.

However, the badger is nothing if not persevering, and Stubbs and Grunter decided to make one last effort to oust the invader.

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On this page you'll find 110 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to oust, such as: depose, dethrone, dislodge, drive out, eject, and evict.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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