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expel

[ik-spel] / ɪkˈspɛl /




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China said it had taken "necessary measures" to expel the Philippine vessels from its territorial waters.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

The court said Finra can’t unilaterally expel or ban a firm from trading stocks without government review.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

"The way the fridges work is to cool everything down and expel the hot air," which normally works well in the ambient air in the UK.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Representatives from two local tribes draw a parallel between the gather and past efforts to expel their people from their ancestral lands, and say the horses are intertwined with their culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

Get your Sizer’s Stomach Tablets today and expel your troubles tonight.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

The measure bars or expels foreigners deemed to have "spread or incited hate messages" against the country or its people.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Desire expels despair, however, when Marty meets his brother’s new bride.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

After a series of mysterious analog rumblings, the booth expels a tiny strip of prints.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025

Losing the Conservative whip essentially expels Mr Anderson from his party in Parliament.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024

It was the mandrake, which fools say expels demons and makes women fruitful, but screams when pulled from the earth.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Ethiopia expelled an Egyptian diplomat on Thursday, without giving a reason.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

It’s not enough that she saw no charges filed, or that reportedly only two of the accused were expelled from campus.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Will they be in the Premier League next season or will they be expelled and will there need to be a quite significant rejigging of the pyramid to accommodate them somewhere else?

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Hours later, I was expelled from Zeta Beta Tau, my social fraternity, because its leaders were concerned my beliefs would reflect poorly on my brothers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The dragon faced him—and then, in a moment of cowardice or treachery, he turned and expelled a great and thunderous fart.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

The U.S. isn’t expelling Brazil’s ambassador, the State Department official said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Their observations show that even when a black hole appears faint, it may still be actively expelling large amounts of matter rather than simply swallowing everything nearby.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

If VAR had been available, Scottish referee Hugh Dallas could have corrected the missed call, awarding a penalty and giving Frings a red card, expelling him for the final 40 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

Eventually she broke with her father entirely in 2015, expelling him from the party over his views on the Holocaust.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

It was happening slowly, but there could be no doubt—the Fleece’s magic was seeping into the tree, filling it with new power and expelling the poison.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan




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