dethrone
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It also turned Crow-Armstrong into an unlikely favorite to finally dethrone Shohei Ohtani as National League MVP.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
But, by the numbers, the Spurs have already distinguished themselves as the likeliest team to dethrone the defending-champion Oklahoma City Thunder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Another clip shows Robert Pattinson sporting a platinum blond buzzcut and staring menacingly in his role as Scytale, who is a new addition to the films and is described as wanting to dethrone Atreides.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
The 17-year-old recovered from a horror crash to dethrone the United States' two-time defending champion Chloe Kim in the halfpipe on Thursday in Italy.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
Now supremely confident of his chances of winning both the eighth and the ninth games, which would give him the match, Bobby rather formally declared that he would dethrone Spassky.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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October 14: The Airbus A320 dethrones the Boeing 737 as the leader in terms of all-time aircraft deliveries.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Qualcomm can compete — not as the company that dethrones Nvidia, but as a credible, differentiated option in a fast-growing market.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Bulldogs win it all: With a dominant late burst, Georgia dethrones Alabama for its first national title since 1980.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2022
Why he might not be a jerk: Look, a coach getting really excited when his athlete wins gold and dethrones the world-record holder is not by itself definitive evidence of jerkdom.
From Slate ● Jul. 26, 2021
His thoughts and desires and ways begin to dethrone ours as the aloe seed dethrones its leaves and casts them to the ground.
From Parables of the Christ-life by I. Lilias Trotter
Going up against the Broncos, the AFC West rival who dethroned the Chiefs a year ago and took the conference’s No. 1 seed, Walker showed just how effective he could be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Thorslund, 32, dethroned Cherneka Johnson in August to claim the WBC, WBO, WBA and IBF titles.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
For the first time this year, California was not the state with the most Fortune 500 companies, after Texas dethroned it in June.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
BYD recently dethroned Tesla as the world’s biggest EV seller.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
I spent the rest of the day in shock, reeling at the news that I’d been dethroned.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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Shelton, meanwhile, is coming off the biggest victory of his career, a madcap, wee-hours dethroning of defending champ Alcaraz which also went to a fifth-set tiebreak and ran all the way until 3:33 a.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
China has reclaimed its title as Germany's top trading partner, dethroning the United States after President Donald Trump launched his tariff onslaught, official data showed Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
Him pitching like this would have erased whatever chance the Padres had of dethroning the Dodgers in the National League West.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2025
As it continues to grow in popularity across the United States, perhaps dethroning the matcha trend, do as I do and when you see pandan on offer — try it.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025
This Minister knowing his Master's ambitious Temper, propos'd no less to him than dethroning the Czar.
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