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While Wray resigned before he could be booted from the position, reports indicate Trump wasn't satisfied with just the top man's walking papers.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2025

Before that, Karl Dorrell left the crosstown rivalry with his walking papers in 2007, a day after being trampled by the Trojans for the fourth time in five seasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2021

We’re a week away from Black Monday, the NFL’s annual flurry of head coaches being given their walking papers.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2019

Now-former Baltimore Raven Jordan Lasley got his walking papers Wednesday after a crazy week that included fighting with teammates, scoring a touchdown and inexplicably throwing a football into a pond.

From Fox News • Aug. 2, 2019

Here’s where I get my walking papers I reckon.

From Crooked Trails and Straight by Hutchison, D. C.




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