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Last year, he was stripped of his ability to practice law in New York and Washington, D.C., amounting to a tragic fall from grace for the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.—
Molly Crane Newman,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Jan. 2025 -
Within an hour, the New York State Athletic Commission stripped him of his title and any license to fight in the state; other state boards quickly followed suit.—
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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Its owners were evicted in 2019 so the building could be razed for future development, The Charlotte Observer reported at the time.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Jan. 2025
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The landlord evicted the TGI Fridays franchisee, Orlando Restaurants Inc., in October for nonpayment around the same time the chain’s parent company filed for Chapter 11 reorganization.—
Laura Kinsler,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2025
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In their minds, apparently, the only way to grow athletes as productive citizens is to deprive them of the money trough from which the universities and coaches have long been feeding.—
Chris Dorsey,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Moscow is slowly taking territory at the cost of high casualties along the 600-mile (1,000-kilometer) front line in eastern Ukraine and launching intense barrages at Ukraine’s energy system, seeking to deprive Ukrainians of heat and light in the depths of winter.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Disfurnish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disfurnish. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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