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Bonner, who previously served as a federal judge and was head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, isn’t the only commissioner to acrimoniously leave the oversight body this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

Williams was the anchor of the offensive line before his time in Washington ended acrimoniously over allegations that a cancerous tumor on his head was misdiagnosed by team doctors.

From Washington Times • Dec. 28, 2023

In 2015, the designer behind the acclaimed Metal Gear Solid video game series, Hideo Kojima, acrimoniously split with the publisher Konami after nearly 30 years of working together.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2023

The outspoken anchor was married three times - and was currently in the midst of a controversy after his latest marriage broke up publicly and acrimoniously.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2022

"Eh! monsieur! do you not know to what place I have sent him?" replied Louis, acrimoniously.

From The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Dumas père, Alexandre