turfed (out)

Definition of turfed (out)next
past tense of turf (out), chiefly British
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Verb
  • Since whistleblowers outed OpenAI’s mistake, cops have gotten access to the shooter’s logs, but families and their legal team have not, Edelson confirmed.
    Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Some of these pictures show him at an event in Birmingham with Black Box theater colleagues and attended by officials of UK actors union Equity just a few weeks before he was outed by Norwood’s anonymous tipper.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The driver was ejected, and the car came to rest against the front porch of a residence on the northeast corner of the intersection.
    Sofia Saric May 27, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
  • DeMar DeRozan, the Raptors’ leading scorer, widely respected across the league, was ejected for a flagrant foul on Cleveland’s Jordan Clarkson (another common link between then and now).
    Eric Koreen, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • The arrest happened after students were dismissed for early release, according to a Plainfield School District Facebook post.
    Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
  • Among those inside the building was Ozgur Ozel, elected as party chairperson in November 2023 but dismissed by the court ruling.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 May 2026
Verb
  • The result was that teams chased symptoms instead of causes, and the costs showed up as recalls, downtime or customer frustration.
    Yu Fang, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Uses living prisms For two decades, Professor Masakazu Iwasaka of Hiroshima University has chased the secrets of fish scales.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • The nervous tension that had enveloped the Emirates was banished, replaced by a carnival atmosphere.
    Ayo Akinwolere, New York Times, 10 May 2026
  • He was stripped of all his honors and titles and banished from public view by the royal family after years of scandal over his money woes and links to questionable characters, including Epstein.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • On the other hand, those who carry heterosis face discrimination from within their own circles — Jim is cast out from by the gym queen crowd when his positive test for the virus is exposed — in a clear parallel for how HIV+ people are often treated in gay circles.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 15 May 2026
  • Consider heading all the way north along the sand several miles to the pretty trails and quiet beach fronting Hanna Park or go south along the sand to the quarter-mile-long Jax Beach Pier, where surfers catch waves and anglers cast out lines for whatever is biting.
    Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • Instead of taking selfies, applauding and cherishing family memories at the event, the comedian admitted to smuggling in booze, fighting with a guard and getting kicked out.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
  • She’s kicked out of school, though is permitted to still take national exams for university admission.
    Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
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“Turfed (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turfed%20%28out%29. Accessed 28 May. 2026.

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