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as in to accuse
to make a claim of wrongdoing against
the company's president has been impeached by the Securities and Exchange Commission
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as in to challenge
to demand proof of the truth or rightness of
questionable methodology that should cause us to impeach the findings of this survey on obesity
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Recent Examples of impeach
Ossoff isn’t alone in his support for impeachment charges, as many Democrats within the House have called for Trump to be impeached in recent weeks.
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Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2025
Trump was impeached twice during his first term in office.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Democrats twice impeached the president during his first administration, but he was acquitted in the Senate.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 1 May 2025
Americans must be mobilized into such a huge wave of anger and disgust that members of the House are compelled to impeach Trump (for the third time) and enough senators are moved to finally convict him.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
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Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2025
Trump was impeached twice during his first term in office.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Democrats twice impeached the president during his first administration, but he was acquitted in the Senate.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 1 May 2025
Americans must be mobilized into such a huge wave of anger and disgust that members of the House are compelled to impeach Trump (for the third time) and enough senators are moved to finally convict him.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impeach
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Both countries reached an agreement to stop military action on May 10, but have accused one another of violating it.—
Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
15 May 2025
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This is not the first time Santander has been accused of supporting deforestation.—
David Vetter,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Immigrant rights groups challenged the change on behalf of the immigrants and their sponsors.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Dozens of lawsuits have been filed challenging Trump's executive orders and actions taken by his administration, including the dismantling of federal agencies and the crackdown on international students involved in pro-Palestinian campus protests.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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An Oklahoma grand jury indicted Morris on five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child in March.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 May 2025
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Since the indictment: Since Stines was indicted, Bartley, his defense attorney, has made several motions on his behalf.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2025
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Some justices question why Trump admin did not seek direct ruling on birthright citizenship Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan asked why the Trump administration on Thursday sought to block nationwide injunctions rather than resolve whether a birthright citizenship order is constitutional.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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The beauty of Forever is that despite difficult moments in its episodes, there is no overt trauma; and yet, there is much to question and unpack.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
16 May 2025
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That's extremely common among these cases, said University of Idaho law professor Benji Cover, who wrote a paper about people, including noncitizens, misunderstanding election rules and being prosecuted in recent decades.—
Miles Parks,
NPR,
17 May 2025
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At the Department of Justice, which prosecutes many fair housing cases, staffers received a draft of the housing section’s new mission statement, which omitted any mention of the Fair Housing Act.—
Jesse Coburn,
ProPublica,
15 May 2025
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But the South African government and human rights activists are disputing that charge.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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Pete’s attorney Alex Spiro disputed Peterson’s team’s new claims in a statement to THR.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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“Impeach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impeach. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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