dethrone

The hero of this round-of-32 shootout was Paraguay’s 26-year-old goalkeeper Orlando Gill, who stopped two German efforts to give the No. 34-ranked country in the world a chance to dethrone the four-time champions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

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

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

Because of the championship voters’ pronounced bias toward eastern horses in general and War Admiral in particular, Seabiscuit almost certainly could not dethrone the Horse of the Year without beating him on the track.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

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

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2022

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

There be those who say love dethrones reason, but observe with what admirable logic, what cogency of deduction Stephen La Mothe could argue upon Commines' incapacity for judgment—thus.

From The Justice of the King by Hamilton Drummond

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

Hartford dethroned last year’s hottest market, Buffalo, N.Y., ranked by Zillow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 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

BYD recently dethroned Tesla as the world’s biggest EV seller.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

He ruled over the other Titans until his son Zeus dethroned him and seized the power for himself.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Chinese automakers are moving headlong onto German carmakers’ home turf after dethroning them in China, previously their strongest overseas market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

With just 13 days until the start of the World Championship, the manner in which Zhao won this tournament sent an ominous warning to those with aspirations of dethroning him at the Crucible.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 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

The people blamed him for not dethroning at once the tyrant Chou Hsin.

From The Sayings Of Confucius by Leonard Arthur Lyall