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Recent Examples of disqualify
In 2020, Trump’s legal team sought to disqualify more than 150,000 votes in a state that was decided in Biden’s favor by about 21,000 votes.
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
The group has been loyal to Baffert during his three-year suspension from Churchill Downs after Medina Spirit was disqualified for a medication violation after finishing first in the 2021 Derby.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Justices already gave Trump a win ahead of the general election by swatting down efforts by Democrats to disqualify him from state ballots under the 14th Amendment, ruling states cannot remove federal candidates.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Anyone who wants to be president of the United States who uses that kind of violent rhetoric is clearly disqualified and unqualified to be president.
—Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
The group has been loyal to Baffert during his three-year suspension from Churchill Downs after Medina Spirit was disqualified for a medication violation after finishing first in the 2021 Derby.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Justices already gave Trump a win ahead of the general election by swatting down efforts by Democrats to disqualify him from state ballots under the 14th Amendment, ruling states cannot remove federal candidates.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Anyone who wants to be president of the United States who uses that kind of violent rhetoric is clearly disqualified and unqualified to be president.
—Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
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The measure, if passed, would be retroactive and invalidate any results of judicial retention votes on the Nov. 5 ballot.Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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These efforts include invalidating mail-in ballots, purging swing state voter rolls, and challenging the votes of Americans and military service members overseas.Jeff Raikes, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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The decision to cancel Referendum 8 effectively nullified the votes of up to 20,000 residents who have already cast their ballots ahead of Tuesday's election.Martin Vassolo, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
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Florida State lawyers have estimated that without a court victory nullifying the grant of rights, the cost for the school to leave the ACC could be $572 million.Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
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Prior to July 2021, when the NCAA adopted its provisional NIL rules, cheerleaders stood out as the one cohort of college athletes who were not forbidden from dealing their rights of publicity.Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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The 2019 Disney original Noelle imagines the North Pole as a monarchy — specifically, one that follows the same sexist rules as European royalty who forbade women from taking the throne.Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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“Disqualify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualify. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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