demoted
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Greg Olsen, the well-liked tight end whom Fox demoted to make way for handsome extraterrestrial Tom Brady, will be available at season’s end, and in high demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Two veteran FBI counterterrorism officials were demoted after investigators determined allegedly harassing calls to a top White House aide’s wife did not warrant further investigation, according to multiple reports.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Like so many since, he was crushed by Max Verstappen, and demoted back to the second team after half a season.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The senior pilot assigned the Sunday shift was demoted to patrol duty by Nanos days earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
And for me, that was the final and truly unbearable tragedy: Like all the innumerable dead, he’d once and for all been demoted from haunted to haunter.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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