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oust

[aust] / aʊst /


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After more than 18 months of investigation and debate, ICC member countries voted last month to oust Khan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

News that it was preparing criminal legal proceedings was viewed as a dramatic escalation, and evidence that it was not backing down in its determination to oust Infantino.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

As a result, the White House swiftly moved to try again to oust her.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

On July 27, Chen filed another claim against the developers, the Madison Collection LLC, seeking to oust its property managers and transfer control to Panshi.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Reiterating that police had framed him as a part of a drive to oust Communists from Chicago, Erlone demanded that the charges upon which he had been originally held be made public.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

Plus, defense contractor L3Harris Technologies ousts its CEO following an investigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

GameStop ousts its C.E.O. and elevates its top shareholder.

From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023

If the NFL ousts Snyder — and takes control of the team — would that re-open the door for Bezos?

From Washington Times ● Feb. 26, 2023

Toluse Olorunnipa, Tom Hamburger, Josh Dawsey and Greg Miller wrote, in an article headlined "Trump ousts 2 key witnesses in impeachment" in the print edition:

From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2020

Thus the little Maryland yellow-throat, according to various authorities, often ousts the intruded egg, and its broken remains are also occasionally seen on the ground beneath the nests of the cat-bird and the oriole.

From My Studio Neighbors by William Hamilton Gibson

This is the latest signal of warming relations between Washington and Caracas after the United States ousted longtime leader Nicolas Maduro in a military operation in January.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Within months, Chapek was ousted and Iger returned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

That is not to say Clayton, who at 25 became the youngest state party chair in the country in 2023 when she ousted an establishment-backed incumbent, has not at times been disappointed.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Last season, Adams lost in the NFC championship for the fifth time when the Rams were ousted 31-27 by the eventual Super Bowl-champion Seahawks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

He said that his statement about President Kennedy’s assassination was not why he had been ousted from the Muslims.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

After ousting the government from Sanaa in 2015, the Houthis attempted to also seize control of Taiz but were driven out of most of the city by local militiamen.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The outage deepens a pre-existing economic headache for Magyar, who is under pressure to reduce a fiscal deficit and boost growth after ousting long-serving premier Viktor Orbán in April.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Brazilian Joao Havelange was the last person to unseat a Fifa president in an election, ousting Sir Stanley Rous in 1974.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has announced Mykhailo Drapaty as the country's new commander-in-chief, following a political crisis triggered by Zelensky's surprise ousting of a young modernising defence minister.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

The sandblasters have been here, the skylight people; inside, the benjamina trees and tropical climbers have taken over, ousting the mangy African violets once nurtured on kitchen windowsills.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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