banished

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The briefings, he insisted, were the "worst attack on a faithful" since rugby player Joe Marler had been banished in the finale of hit TV show Celebrity Traitors.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

In January, the New Mexico Supreme Court banished the lawsuits, calling them “anachronistic” and “dehumanizing.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

I’m shocked that Season 2’s Kate Chastain is the only person who’s begged to be banished.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

South Korea's disgraced former president Yoon Suk Yeol could be banished to death row on February 19 when he fronts court over his disastrous bid to impose martial law.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Some say that Theseus had gone there because Athens had banished him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton