1
as in to exile
to force to leave a country
deported them back to their country of birth
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2
as in to acquit
to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way
deported herself with grace and propriety at the country club cotillion
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Recent Examples of deport
Threatening to deport Ukrainians now contradicts the Budapest Memorandum and undermines U.S. credibility in future international agreements.
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Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Antonio Velez-Lopez, a 69-year-old Colombian citizen, was handed jail time for passport fraud and ordered to be deported after serving his time, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025
Vance’s trip also comes as the Trump administration is considering the use of the Alien Enemy Act of 1798 to detain and deport Venezuelans based on a proclamation labeling the gang Tren de Aragua an invasion force that could be acting at the behest of that country’s government.
—Will Weissert and Valerie Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Juan Vargas Mendez, a 20-year resident of Kern County who is married to a U.S. citizen and has no criminal history, was among those deported.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2025
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Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Antonio Velez-Lopez, a 69-year-old Colombian citizen, was handed jail time for passport fraud and ordered to be deported after serving his time, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025
Vance’s trip also comes as the Trump administration is considering the use of the Alien Enemy Act of 1798 to detain and deport Venezuelans based on a proclamation labeling the gang Tren de Aragua an invasion force that could be acting at the behest of that country’s government.
—Will Weissert and Valerie Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Juan Vargas Mendez, a 20-year resident of Kern County who is married to a U.S. citizen and has no criminal history, was among those deported.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2025
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The unlikely foursome's journey leads them into the Exclusion Zone, where robots have been exiled after Mr. Peanut (Woody Harrelson) signed a peace treaty with President Clinton.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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Women filmmakers working on British shores like Muriel Box, Wendy Toye, Margaret Tait, and Jill Craigie as well as American filmmakers exiled to the UK by the anti-Communist blacklist like Joseph Losey, Cy Endfield, and Edward Dmytryk will also feature.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2025
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Listen to this article After more than 15 hours of deliberations over two days, a Lake County jury acquitted a one-time Munster babysitter Friday evening in a shaken baby case on a battery charge.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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While Trump was impeached twice by the House in his first term, the Senate acquitted him both times.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
12 Mar. 2025
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For many parts of the U.S., banishing cars simply isn’t realistic in the absence of comprehensive public transportation and high-density redesigns that often lack political or taxpayer backing.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
21 Mar. 2025
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Patrick, born Roman, raised Welsh, and famously credited with banishing snakes from Ireland (a reptilian issue geology had resolved millennia before) dominates the global imagination.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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The charges carry a possible 5-year prison sentence.—
Rosemary Westwood,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2025
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Simpson, 90, isn’t worthy of carrying their luggage — not theirs, not anyone else’s on the list.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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While most automakers have relegated AI to safety-system technology in current models, Mercedes' use of AI in the cabin is a new frontier for the North American market, especially for a vehicle on the lower end of a company's lineup.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Queen was left off the first team picked by the media and relegated to the second team.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Mar. 2025
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That’s one of my big dreams — to learn a lot about different cultures and how different cultures behave.—
Anne Easton,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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How the climate crisis may be changing the way tornadoes behave A level 4 of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms surrounds the high risk area and stretches from eastern Louisiana, including New Orleans, into western Georgia, and the extreme western Florida Panhandle.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
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Natalia was evicted from the apartment a year later and the couple was hit with accusations of abandonment and several charges related to the neglect of a dependent.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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As time went on, property owners evicted Kilgubbin’s squatters.—
Robert Loerzel,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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The landscaping is restrained, all clean lines and neat minimalism.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
9 Mar. 2025
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The ayatollah has repeatedly said Iran cannot trust that the United States would honor any bargain, especially after Mr. Trump pulled out of the last agreement to restrain Iran’s program.—
David E. Sanger,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Deport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deport. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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