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overthrow

[oh-ver-throh, oh-ver-throh] / ˌoʊ vərˈθroʊ, ˈoʊ vərˌθroʊ /


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This spring, shortly before she graduated, she opened Cadence, one of 10 eating and drinking places owned by Ravi DeRossi’s Overthrow Hospitality group.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2021

The Plot to Overthrow Christmas Historical villains try to put a stop to the holiday in a fully staged, family-friendly version of Norman Corwin’s 1930s-era radio play.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2019

Melissa St Vil is a Haitian-American boxer in the lightweight division, who works at Overthrow Boxing Gym, teaching boxing fitness classes, and she boxes professionally.

From The Guardian • Dec. 11, 2017

Overthrow New York’s location is the Bleecker Street townhouse that once housed Abbie Hoffman’s yippies, and the place got its name from a yippie newspaper printed there.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2015

Overthrow of the "Spoils System"; the Army; the "Secret Ballot," 1870-1872.

From The Leading Facts of English History by Montgomery, D. H. (David Henry)




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