sacked
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In AD 452, when Attila the Hun sacked city after city in his conquest of the known world, it was the Catholic Church, not the Roman military, that met him in a show of diplomacy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
The day after she was sacked, her official portrait was thrown in the trash at the very building that had been her domain.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
Pam Bondi is out as attorney general, the latest in a line of high-profile Trump administration women to be sacked in recent weeks.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
We can’t think of many, and on Thursday Pam Bondi learned this the hard way as the President sacked her after only 14 months on the job.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Or perhaps it was abandoned and sacked for religious reasons—archaeologists have advanced several hypotheses for the city’s demise.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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