expel
Example Sentences
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Other times, providers are too quick to expel people for behavior that although disruptive, doesn’t pose an immediate danger, said Kelsey Madigan, LAHSA’s director of interim housing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
In his resignation letter, Swalwell said it would be wrong for fellow lawmakers to expel him "without due process, within days of an allegation being made".
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Here’s another example: The government wanted to expel a Guatemalan refugee to Mexico.
From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026
In September 2020, Belarusian security officers tried to forcibly expel her from the country but at the border with Ukraine, she tore up her passport to prevent her deportation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
And still she was unable to expel the muteyo.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing expel
Power Prefix: ex-
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