Example Sentences

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Officers will expel parade-goers who violate the law or disturb the parade, and K-9 units will be patrolling Colorado Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2024

He also said the U.S. will expel or remove more illegal immigrants at the border than any previous year.

From Washington Times • Sep. 19, 2022

“That is why we are trying to do it this way. I hope our justice system will expel him.”

From Reuters • Nov. 8, 2021

The one that does not die will continue to grow and develop until ovulation, when it will expel its secondary oocyte surrounded by several layers of granulosa cells from the ovary.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

When the tubes are open, the pressure of the water will expel the gases, and will consequently settle, and must be replenished, so as to keep the apartments nearly full.

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