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01. In 1958, Fidel Castro returned from exile in Mexico to [oust] the Batista regime and assume power.
02. In Afghanistan, the U.S. is supporting the Northern Alliance in its bid to [oust] the Taliban government.
03. After being [ousted] from Rome by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, Pope Gregory VII fled to exile in Salerno.
04. Certain elements within the party are hoping to [oust] the current Prime Minister before the next election.
05. In 1991, the military in Haiti [ousted] the country's first democratically-elected President in a violent coup.
06. The announcement of the [ouster] of the communist leader was greeted with celebrations in the streets of the capital.
07. Local residents are working with police to [oust] the prostitutes that are soliciting clients from the sidewalks in front of their homes.
08. Shareholders in the company are said to be plotting to [oust] the current CEO, who is seen as being hostile to the merger.
09. Maoist rebels in Nepal are fighting to [oust] King Gyanendra as a result of the monarch's recent dismissal of the government.
10. The leader of the party has been [ousted] by his own party at their annual convention.
11. American troops have succeeded in [ousting] Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq.
12. A petition is being circulated to [oust] the judge as a result of the sexist remarks he made during a recent rape trial.
13. On being [ousted] as Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev stated, "My life's work has been accomplished. I did all that I could."
14. In 2005, the CEO of Boeing Corporation was [ousted] for violating the company's code of business conduct by having an affair with a female Boeing executive.
15. The stunning [ouster] of the CEO of the corporation has resulted in a significant drop in the value of shares in midmorning trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

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