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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defenestrated
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That came in the spring of 2025, about 11 months after his dad had been sacked as coach, when Pochettino, the new manager, gave the younger Berhalter his first national team call-up.
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Alfaro had just been sacked by San Lorenzo, his eighth job in 14 years since starting as a 30-year-old following a brief playing career in Argentina.
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If a shrub is causing safety issues, is diseased, or is causing damage to structures, it should be removed.
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The New York Post also confirmed the suspension earlier on Saturday, citing internal police documents that state Scheublin was removed from his position on Tuesday, June 30.
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Continue reading … SPEAKING OUT — Meteorologist axed after Instagram rant blasts station's workplace culture.
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Now, federal incentives have been axed and the new automaker has had to pivot.
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Don’t Use The Oven Most canning recipes call for using a boiling water method or a pressure canner, depending on the acidity of the food being canned.
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How to Eat Lentils are available dried or pre-cooked and canned, which is a convenient option for last-minute meals.
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Social Security benefits — paid mostly to recipients who are older or retired — are typically scheduled to go out on Wednesdays.
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Carpino retired in April, without ever explaining what was not right in the organization or, based on the standings, repairing it.
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Nearby sits a family of Chaldean Christians exiled from Iraq—an anxious archeologist, his pregnant radiologist wife, and his imperious mother, who bought a bulletproof Maybach to transport her daughter-in-law to the hospital for the delivery.
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Additionally, religious community leaders were imprisoned or exiled.
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Landlords in Durban and Johannesburg also evicted foreign tenants illegally to avoid further trouble, witnesses alleged.
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In the early 1960s he was evicted from Knock John, another sea fort closer to Britain’s coast.
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James Byrne was mustered out of the Army in 1866.
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“Defenestrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defenestrated. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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