dethrone

A kickboxing world champion attempts to dethrone boxing's unified heavyweight king at the foot of the Pyramids of Giza - it sounds like the plot of Hollywood's latest blockbuster movie.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

Now, he'll be trying to dethrone 73-year-old Collins in the election.

From Barron's ● May 3, 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

After a disastrous rookie season, Williams—the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2024—exhibited astonishing progress over the course of the year to dethrone the Detroit Lions in the NFC North.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 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

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

“This is precisely why so many economists resist it: because it dethrones their outdated tools and analyses,” she continued.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2022

It is not every day a huge underdog dethrones a living legend.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2022

She represents Wisdom, which, by its life and increase, at last dethrones the God of Vengeance and enthrones the God of Love.

From Cord and Creese by James De Mille

Thorslund, 32, dethroned Cherneka Johnson in August to claim the WBC, WBO, WBA and IBF titles.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

They have not been out of the top three of the Fifa world ranking since March 2022, and spent two years in the number one spot before being dethroned by France last year.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

As the Spurs dethroned the defending champions on their home floor, the 22-year-old Wembanyama didn’t just match the early-career signposts of the greatest players in NBA history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

“We’re looking at an almost 150-year-old record potentially being dethroned here,” said Bryan Lewis, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2026

The story went like this: Her father had been dethroned by a mean giant.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

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

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From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025

More than two months after the Chargers first matched up with the Chiefs, they’ll get another shot at dethroning the longtime leaders Sunday at 5:20 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024

The rise of the powerful technology first elevated Microsoft to the biggest market capitalization in January, dethroning Apple, before pushing Nvidia to take the crown.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

Assisted by his brother-Titans, Cronus succeeded in dethroning his father, who, enraged at his defeat, cursed his rebellious son, and foretold to him a similar fate.

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens