axing
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Plus: Corporate America is axing the ‘micro-team’ boss; Volkswagen board approves doubling job cuts to 100,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
VW, whose 10 brands range from mass-market Seats to premium Porsches, is already in the process of axing 50,000 jobs in Germany by 2030, including 35,000 at its namesake marque.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
The axing of a direct London Gatwick-Goa Air India service has also had an impact.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem this week seemed to come the closest a Cabinet official has come to a Trump axing this term.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2026
And I know they somethin wron cause all of a sudden the Head Orphan stop showin up cause I'm axing plenty question.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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