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revoke

[ri-vohk] / rɪˈvoʊk /


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She called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to step in and revoke hunting permits as recently as last month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

I urged the letter writer, whose parents were the victims, to petition the court to revoke her aunt’s POA.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

RSS opponents have called on the State Department to revoke a visa for Bhagwat, who arrived in the U.S. this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Homeland Security then used that information to revoke Global Entry privileges in retaliation, the lawsuit alleges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

“But We have also had a strong relationship with Abnegation in the past, and we do not think it is right to revoke the hand of friendship when it has for so long been extended.”

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

After a user revokes an app’s access to their bank account, they have control over their paycheck again.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026

It revokes an order from President Joe Biden in March 2022 that primarily addressed national security concerns related to digital assets.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2025

The ECJ’s ruling revokes McDonald’s trademark for restaurants and for poultry products, retaining it only in reference to the red-meat burgers it originally referred to.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2024

Kaplan revokes Bankman-Fried's bail after finding probable cause to believe he tampered with witnesses at least twice, including by sharing Ellison's private writings with a New York Times reporter.

From Reuters ● Oct. 3, 2023

When Dr. Johansen learns of the publicity, he temporarily revokes Joey’s travel privileges.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

State Department revoked Torres’ visa in May 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Later on Saturday morning, Politico said its reporter Cheyenne Haslett was denied entry and Secret Service revoked her pass.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

“We thank the researchers for contacting us and sharing their findings. We narrowed the permissions on Community sign-in tokens and revoked affected tokens and sessions,” the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

President Trump, who beat Harris in the 2024 election, revoked the extension in August 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Mother tried to get Father to leave sooner, but he was holding out hope that the edict of expulsion might be revoked.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Then, on Sept. 23, he and Valladares were told that the city was revoking access to the baseball fields for both the league and the academy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The work of VroniPlag Wiki alone has led to several German universities revoking doctoral degrees they had awarded to elected and appointed government officials.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

“Kick rocks and don’t come back,” Bare told the representative, after successfully revoking the agreements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Treasury Department said it was revoking, effective immediately, the license it had granted on June 21 to allow the sale of Iranian oil.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

South Korea’s safety rating was downgraded by the US Federal Aviation Administration, and Canadian officials informed Korean Air’s management that they were considering revoking the company’s overflight and landing privileges in Canadian airspace.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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