expel
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The ruling follows France's decision last week to expel Xenia Fedorova and freeze her assets, a move she denounced as "censorship".
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
The court said Finra can’t unilaterally expel or ban a firm from trading stocks without government review.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
"The way the fridges work is to cool everything down and expel the hot air," which normally works well in the ambient air in the UK.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Representatives from two local tribes draw a parallel between the gather and past efforts to expel their people from their ancestral lands, and say the horses are intertwined with their culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
“I seem to remember telling you both that I would have to expel you if you broke any more school rules,” said Dumbledore.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
The measure bars or expels foreigners deemed to have "spread or incited hate messages" against the country or its people.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Desire expels despair, however, when Marty meets his brother’s new bride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
After a series of mysterious analog rumblings, the booth expels a tiny strip of prints.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025
Losing the Conservative whip essentially expels Mr Anderson from his party in Parliament.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024
It was the mandrake, which fools say expels demons and makes women fruitful, but screams when pulled from the earth.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
On Thursday, they expelled each other's diplomats and shut down their respective embassies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
It’s not enough that she saw no charges filed, or that reportedly only two of the accused were expelled from campus.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
The most draconian outcome would see the club stripped of several championships and Manchester City expelled from the Premier League.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Because of this structure, potassium-rich magma is generally among the first material expelled during an eruption.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
He hadn’t merely failed; he’d been formally expelled in front of the entire warriorship.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
The U.S. isn’t expelling Brazil’s ambassador, the State Department official said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Their observations show that even when a black hole appears faint, it may still be actively expelling large amounts of matter rather than simply swallowing everything nearby.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
She has proposed fighting crime by expelling undocumented people, setting up courts with anonymous judges and making prisoners work for their food.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Eventually she broke with her father entirely in 2015, expelling him from the party over his views on the Holocaust.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
And then a deep expelling of air that comes all the way up from her belly.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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Power Prefix: ex-
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