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While Wray resigned before he could be booted from the position, reports indicate Trump wasn't satisfied with just the top man's walking papers.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2025

Andrew was issued his walking papers and ordered to move his offices out of Buckingham Palace in November after a nuclear interview he gave to the BBC in which he defended his friendship with Epstein.

From Fox News • Jul. 2, 2020

We’re a week away from Black Monday, the NFL’s annual flurry of head coaches being given their walking papers.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2019

How much of a plan did you have when you handed in your walking papers?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2016

You'll get your walking papers in the morning when the doctor comes.

From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce, James




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