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The government engaged in mass expulsions.
the expulsion of air from the lungs
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Jean-Marie challenged the expulsion in court but was finally kicked out in 2018.
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
That has set up a clash between what Trump’s billionaire advisers need to line their pockets and the broad crackdowns and expulsions that Trump promised voters.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
Another rabbi, Ethan Tucker, the head of Hadar, a yeshiva in Manhattan, noted that the Jews’ history of persecution includes not only massacres, expulsions, and forcible conversions but also prohibitions on converting people to Judaism, sometimes on pain of death.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
In response, Western nations expelled more than 100 Russian spies, the largest collective expulsion of Russian intelligence officers in history.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
That has set up a clash between what Trump’s billionaire advisers need to line their pockets and the broad crackdowns and expulsions that Trump promised voters.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
Another rabbi, Ethan Tucker, the head of Hadar, a yeshiva in Manhattan, noted that the Jews’ history of persecution includes not only massacres, expulsions, and forcible conversions but also prohibitions on converting people to Judaism, sometimes on pain of death.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
In response, Western nations expelled more than 100 Russian spies, the largest collective expulsion of Russian intelligence officers in history.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Expulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expulsion. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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expulsion
noun
ex·pul·sion
ik-ˈspəl-shən 
: the act of expelling : the state of being expelled
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