dismissed

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Just two years ago, BP dismissed its CEO at the time, Bernard Looney, over personal relationships with colleagues.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Some hailed it as powerfully profound, others dismissed it as cotton-candy wisdom.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Hundreds of Turkish riot police firing teargas forced their way into the Ankara headquarters of the country's main opposition party on Sunday, days after a court had dismissed its leadership, AFP journalists saw.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

Dos Santos dismissed the idea that the problem is solely related to the tactical scheme and insisted that the most important change involves reclaiming aggressive principles with and without the ball.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

Because these are not alphabetic methods of communication, they are often dismissed as evidence that Indigenous peoples were “primitive,” but they are, in fact, far from primitive.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz