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The two countries have expelled each others' embassy staff several times in recent years.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

“A reasonable university would have expelled, or at least suspended, Flores.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2024

“As a consequence we have expelled a top Indian diplomat.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2023

Several EU countries have expelled Russian diplomats since the start of the war in Ukraine.

From BBC • May 27, 2023

For it will create a demand for the old money in those States, which, by the amount of their own emissions, have expelled it from themselves and forced it upon their neighbors.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI by Sparks, Jared