dethrone

Dubois registers a second successive stoppage victory over Wardley, just five months after climbing off the canvas twice to dethrone his British rival in a thrilling 11-round contest in Manchester.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 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

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

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

The idea, well expressed many years ago by the theologian H. Richard Niebuhr, is that “radical monotheism dethrones all absolutes short of the principle of being itself.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2021

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 Eliza Burt Gamble

The 30-year-old was dethroned on Monday following Sonay Kartal's run to the final in Wuhan but knew she could overturn the 55-point deficit by reaching the last four in Osaka.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Britain's Olympic 800m champion sustained the injury while competing in the European Championship final less than a month ago, when she was dethroned by 22-year-old Swiss sensation Werro.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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

Once Protestantism was dethroned, historians excavated almost every part of the nation’s spiritual landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 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

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

Another was, that he had a plan for seizing the young prince, dethroning Mary, and reigning himself in her stead, in the prince's name.

From Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History by Jacob Abbott