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Washington expelled Bolivia's ambassador in retaliation, and the envoys were never replaced.

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Western missionaries were expelled; churches, mosques and temples were brought under state control or shuttered; and clergy who refused to join government-sanctioned “patriotic associations” were imprisoned.

The firm was then expelled by the National Association of Funeral Directors.

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One of Easton’s friends was expelled for exhibiting similar behaviors, leading Stacks to search for additional help.

Refugee camps were created in the Palestinian territories and in neighbouring Arab countries for Palestinians who fled or were expelled from what is now Israel at the time of the country's creation in 1948.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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