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dethrone

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


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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

Dubois survived two early knockdowns to dethrone fellow Briton Wardley with an 11th-round stoppage in Manchester on Saturday.

From BBC May 15, 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

The first of his major objectives for the season is May's Giro d'Italia, after which he will try to dethrone Pogacar at the Tour, seeking to add to his 2022 and 2023 successes.

From Barron's Feb. 23, 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

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

From BBC Jun. 25, 2022

The 13-foot fish dethrones the former record-holder, a 646-pound catfish found in northern Thailand in 2005.

From Washington Post Jun. 21, 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

Take advantage of the present, but it will be wise to look out for something more permanent than the caprice of public favour, which dethrones its idols almost as quickly as it has crowned them.”

From The Intriguers by Le Queux, William

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

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

Last year, she picked up a supporting actress Emmy nomination as a dethroned but not knocked down executive in “The Studio”; she’s fierce and funny.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2026

Last season they were dethroned as Premier League champions by Liverpool and they trail leaders Arsenal by six points in the current campaign.

From Barron's Jan. 12, 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

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

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

St. Philip Neri was called the modern Apostle of Rome because of his happy efforts in dethroning vice in that city.

From The Faith of Our Fathers by Gibbons, James




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