demote
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Kelly filed a lawsuit in January that accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of violating his First Amendment rights by moving to formally censure him and demote him over the video.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Hegseth issued a letter of censure against the retired Navy veteran and announced the Department of Defense would decide whether to demote Kelly and reduce his pension in the coming weeks.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026
The Tesla board would probably have to remove or at least demote him.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2025
Max Verstappen says it "was not a mistake" that he liked a comment on social media describing Red Bull's decision to demote Liam Lawson as "a panic move" and "close to bullying".
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025
Anxiety, self-doubt, and bickering replaced that night’s buoyant optimism as Bolles scrutinized each of them anew, trying to figure out who to keep in the boat and who to demote.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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The win, Saints' ninth of the season, demotes Wigan Warriors into second place, however Matt Peet's side now have two games in hand on their rivals.
From BBC ● May 24, 2024
Philosopher Umberto Eco, for example, demotes joking that fails to critique power structures to the status of mere "carnival."
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2021
Facebook said it also demotes content from news publishers that users rate as untrusted in surveys and content posted by pages or accounts that repeatedly violate its rules.
From Reuters ● Sep. 23, 2021
Of course, as soon as Coleman demotes him we know his resentment will boil over.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2016
“When an employer demotes an employee out of a desire to prevent the employee from engaging in political activity that the First Amendment protects, the employee is entitled to challenge that unlawful action.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2016
In 2024, the Royals were demoted from tier two to tier five after the club fell into financial difficulty, while the Addicks were disbanded entirely in 2007 after the men's team suffered relegation.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
He even spent much of 2024 demoted back to Triple-A.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Crowley, who was demoted to another position, filed a lawsuit against the city, saying the mayor engaged in a retaliation campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Lyon won an appeal against relegation the following month, after initially being demoted to Ligue 2 by French football's financial watchdog.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
While I have also improved my reputation as a worker, because she is weak, Chou has been taken out of the garden and demoted to a cook.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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Their paper outlining the method is titled “I Know What You Did Last Summer” because that’s when the leading small-cap index, the Russell 2000, has been rebalanced each year, promoting some stocks and demoting others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The European Commission said Google is demoting media publishers' websites and content in search results when they include content from commercial partners, such as sponsored editorial pieces.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
He was penalised five seconds for gaining an advantage by going off track, demoting him back behind Verstappen.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2024
Editors subsequently took away his column, demoting him to reporter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
Royal Brougham fired the first and potentially most lethal: Had he made a critical mistake by demoting his sophomores?
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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