overthrow
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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 is the brainchild of its 30-year-old founder, Joey Goodwin.
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2015
Overthrow New York’s lead trainer is Alicia Napoleon, a pro fighter known as “the Empress,” who has 11 amateur titles.
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2015
All things thus safe; and now for one last blow, To give his Foes a total Overthrow; A Blow not in Hells Legends match’d before, The remov’d Plot’s laid at the Enemies door.
From Anti-Achitophel (1682) Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden by Jones, Harold Whitmore
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