sacking
Example Sentences
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Criticism hit an all-time high in 2024 when supporters took banners to Leigh Sports Village calling for Skinner's sacking.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The sacking, announced by decree, happened however as Kyiv was lobbying Washington hard to obtain more Patriot air defence missiles to block Russian strikes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
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
Ultimately, that led to the sacking of Arne Slot at the end of the campaign.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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
