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Pitt’s legal team previously attempted to depose Stoli executive Alexey Oliynik in 2025, claiming that he had relevant information pertaining to the Jolie deal.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

Take a moment in November, when we reported via well-placed sources that Sir Keir would fight any attempt to depose him.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Sadie Weldon, a private citizen, sought to depose the Lilith Fund’s deputy director using a special Texas mechanism called a 202 petition that allows people to investigate a potential claim before filing suit.

From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2026

Bush sent troops in 1989 to depose and arrest the president of Panama, Manuel Noriega.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025

Sabata was opposed to the Bantu Authorities and would not capitulate, but my visitors were afraid that Matanzima would depose him, which is eventually what happened.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

One night, after shooting wrapped for the day, Ruffalo went home to prepare for a big scene in which Bilott deposes DuPont’s CEO.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2019

As Hagopian writes, “ESSA deposes one of the cruelest aspects of the test-and-punish policy under NCLB: the so-called ‘Adequate Yearly Progress’ annual test score improvement requirement that labeled nearly every American school failing.”

From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2016

About that show, he deposes, “People said it increased their appreciation for the radical potentials in Elizabethan drama.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2014

Three months of missed targets, and the catfish deposes the leaders he or she has been shadowing.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2013

Following is the complaint on which he was held: Raymond H. Sarfaty, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various

The Energy Department agreed to formal stipulations in exchange for the plaintiffs forgoing the discovery process, which likely would have meant officials would be deposed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Tolomeo, the deposed king of Egypt, is hiding out on the island of Cyprus disguised as a shepherd.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Its other key ally, Bashar al Assad had been deposed as president of Syria and fled to Moscow.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has no love for Venezuela's deposed leader Nicolas Maduro, and says he doesn't take fashion inspiration from him.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

Then in 1970, unhappy with the Prince’s government, General Lon Nol, deposed him in a military coup.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing -- who ordered the coup deposing Suu Kyi and now serves as civilian president -- on Thursday said she would serve the remainder of her sentence at a "designated residence".

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

Niger's military is under pressure for failing to curb militant attacks, one of its justifications for deposing democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum in 2023.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025

Back in the 9th District, once Ross stepped aside and let her critics take the microphone to make the case for deposing her, they lost steam.

From Slate ● May 6, 2024

Court records show that the agency disagreed with deposing Sessions and Nielsen on the grounds of the apex deposition doctrine, which serves to protect high-ranking officials from having to testify.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2023

But the day when I was most anxious was the eighth of April, in the morning, when the decree of the Senate, deposing the Emperor, appeared.

From The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire by Alexandre Chatrian