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deforcing

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present participle of deforce

as in evicting

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One of the attractions of self-storage as a business is that evicting stuff is easier than evicting people.

— David Owen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
In 1968 Britain considered evicting the family by force, with declassified documents showing a plan to raze the fort.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026

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Sveindis Jonsdottir capped the scoring in the 67th minute, dispossessing Tatumn Milazzo deep in Utah territory before rolling a shot past McGlynn’s right side.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Sveindís Jónsdóttir capped the scoring in the 67th minute, dispossessing Tatumn Milazzo deep in Utah territory before rolling a shot past McGlynn’s right side.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

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Burglars broke into one of her units overnight, stripping out the copper wiring and making off with every large appliance inside.

— La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
France Télévisions film chief Manuel Alduy has warned that the far-right Rassemblement National’s plan to privatize public broadcasting would devastate French cinema, stripping it from one of its biggest financiers.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

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