sacking
Example Sentences
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At that meeting Merz may have to face the music from lawmakers angered by the way he conducted the reshuffle, including the botched sacking of transport minister Patrick Schnieder.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Nolan’s non-CGI visions of the Trojan Horse, the Cyclops, the sacking of Troy, the transformation of men into pigs do not require an “ultimate” aspect ratio to be remarkable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
In his retelling of Homer’s epic poem, Nolan imagines Odysseus as a man haunted by the sacking of Troy.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
The union said the sacking had taken place without "even the semblance of a fair process" and risked damaging the civil service.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Had to ride in one of the wheelbarrows as I now had neither trousers nor shoes—they hid me under the same sacking they’d used to hide the radios, stinking of onion and cows.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
