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dethrone

[dee-throhn] / diˈθroʊn /
VERB
oust
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
crown enthrone put in power


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The 41-year-old star will join Jaylen Brown, Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey on a Philadelphia team that will aim to dethrone the New York Knicks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

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

From Barron's May 3, 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

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

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“This is precisely why so many economists resist it: because it dethrones their outdated tools and analyses,” she continued.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

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

Enlightened reason dethrones devils; but Laotse created devils innumerable, and the chief concern of the Taouist sect has always been to manipulate these emissaries of evil.

From The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion by Gamble, Eliza Burt

Their time of three minutes 47.092 seconds was a new Commonwealth Games record and the Australians had been dethroned.

From BBC Jul. 30, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

The result lifts Saints up to second while Wigan could be dethroned from top spot if Leeds beat Bradford in their derby later on Friday.

From BBC Apr. 3, 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

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

He isn't thinking about dethroning three-time world champion Karsten Warholm, instead prioritising enjoyment and learning.

From BBC Sep. 10, 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

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

Even among the advocates of republicanism there was no intention of dethroning Dom Establishment of the Republic, 1889.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various




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