McCarthy was abruptly fired just weeks before the start of practice for the 1997-1998 season.

The school received local and national media attention after its principal was abruptly fired in February 2008.

About two years later I was abruptly fired during an annual employee-review meeting.

Campanelli was abruptly fired on February 8, 1993 with 10 games to go in the 1992-93 season.

They also saw what a blow it was 20 years ago, when he was abruptly fired at the age of 52 in a company restructuring.

A year and a half later, at age 23, he was abruptly fired for following a supervisor's instructions to disobey the chairman.

In June 1977, after a meeting with the producers and Universal executives, the director was abruptly fired.

Ms. Almont said the gun abruptly fired when all five youths were alone in her son's bedroom.

In 1999, she was abruptly fired from the show and replaced by Lisa Ling.

Colleagues have peeled away; editors who believed at first that they were special were ultimately fired abruptly.