dismissal
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Despite the dismissal, Burgum vowed that the administration “won’t back down to deranged people who want to destroy, deface, or degrade our monuments.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
But in a court filing on Friday, Pirro said new revelations "undermine the evidentiary basis for the indictment," and moved for dismissal.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
On Wednesday, Pisciotta’s legal team filed a request for dismissal and a notice of settlement of the entire case in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
This is, in part, why I’m surprised at Gen Z’s dismissal of Holden Caulfield as a whiny white rich-kid hypocrite.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
After dismissal, Ella and Brigit went to the Arcanum menagerie.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Hours before Clayton's confirmation vote, Pulte boasted that a fifth round of dismissals would bring staffing reductions at the intelligence coordinating body to about 30 percent within weeks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The program’s star correspondent Scott Pelley was fired last month after he confronted management over the dismissals of executive producer Tanya Simon and his on-air colleagues Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
“I can’t imagine how many dismissals that have occurred, where people just accept it as the final word by the government,” Goldstein said.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026
The military caucus accounts for more than one-third of lawmaker dismissals this term, far surpassing any other delegation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
Who knows how many quarrels, false accusations, unnecessary dismissals, how many promising careers cut short can be attributed to a butler's slovenliness at the stage of drawing up the staff plan?
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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