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Recent Examples of deep-six The 2024 holidays were incessantly interrupted by slash-and-burn politics, from the ongoing furor over President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial Cabinet picks to the budget crisis at Chicago’s City Hall and the battle to deep-six the Chicago Public Schools chief. Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025 Will the current climate of contention, controversy and general bad vibes from both sides of the Middle East divide crash the parties and deep-six the celebrations for a truly outstanding year of cinema and small-screen achievements? Steven Gaydos, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deep-six
Verb
  • The first-stage booster that had been tapped during the original attempts was discarded for a new booster.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2025
  • With no working payment method, the couple angrily discarded their items on the counter, knocking the cup to the floor in the process.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • This season follows her beloved Poison Ivy ditching dingy Gotham for Metropolis.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Presumed dead in the plane crash, the couple now have the opportunity to ditch their careers as covert operatives.
    Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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  • On Thursday, two activists from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) were arrested while attempting to dump a truckload of manure outside the Manhattan offices of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).
    Gabe Whisnant, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Milwaukee could not even bid for Butler without dumping salary to get under the second apron.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
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  • There are also questions about Siri’s makeup, which was a factor in the Rays unloading him.
    Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The Biden administration rushed to unload aid to Ukraine during the transition amid concerns that Trump would use military assistance as a bargaining chip.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
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  • The Times will use your stories and photos of what was lost in a visual collection of memories to publish at a later date.
    Phi Do, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Wisconsin lost 6 Republican women and added 11 Democratic women.
    Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 22 Jan. 2025
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  • The emaciated bulldog — just 23 pounds with his ribs visible — had been stuffed inside the bag and abandoned along an Iowa roadway, according to the Des Moines Police Department.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Petey the Cat abandons Lil Petey on the street, and Grampa Petey is condescending and steals from his son.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 29 Jan. 2025

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“Deep-six.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deep-six. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.

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