sacked
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She says she was immediately sent home from work and suspended, pending a disciplinary hearing, at which she was sacked for gross misconduct because contacting the media was in breach of her contract.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
On Monday, the head of Turkey's SPK capital markets regulator was sacked and the deputy finance minister resigned, although neither departure was officially tied to the crisis.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Sir Olly Robbins has reached an out-of-court settlement with the government, after he was sacked as the top civil servant in the Foreign Office over the vetting of Lord Mandelson to be US ambassador.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
That set up Stafford’s two-yard touchdown pass to Nacua early in the fourth quarter, but Stafford was sacked on a two-point conversion attempt, leaving the Rams with a 20-19 lead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
In the year ad 70 the Roman Army, exasperated by years of rebellion in Judaea, sacked the city of Jerusalem and destroyed the Israelites’ Temple there.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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