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The government of the Dominican Republic, a close US ally in the Caribbean, said Wednesday it had expelled 379,553 Haitians in 2025 -- up from nearly 277,000 the year before.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

That’s caught in a conversation between UK national security adviser Mark Sedwill and his Russian counterpart at the time, after Western allies had expelled 300 diplomats.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024

Joly told reporters that Ottawa had expelled the Indian head of intelligence in Canada but gave no further details.

From Reuters • Sep. 18, 2023

After her participation in the Freedom Rides, she returned to Tennessee A & I, which had expelled her and other riders, and earned a degree in education in 1962.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2023

Ever since he had expelled the children from the house, José Arcadio was really waiting for news of an ocean liner that would leave for Naples before Christmas.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez