Example Sentences

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In a historic move, South Africa's parliament has impeached one of the country's top judges for misconduct.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2024

The Assembly has impeached someone only once, Judge Levi Hubbell in 1853, but the Senate ultimately acquitted him, according to the analysis.

From Washington Times • Apr. 2, 2023

"All told, the House has impeached 14 federal judges since 1789, and the Senate has removed eight of them," Chervinsky observes.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2022

The Assembly has impeached and the Senate has convicted a New York governor only once.

From Reuters • Aug. 4, 2021

“His life is spotless: no man has impeached it.”

From Romola by Eliot, George