dethrone
Example Sentences
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The American coffee company has lost market share in China to cheaper, local rivals such as Luckin Coffee, which dethroned Starbucks as the country’s biggest coffee chain by sales and stores in 2023.
It would mean dethroning the defending World Series champion Houston Astros, who have won the division title five of the last six seasons.
From Seattle Times
That has buoyed his Labour Party, which is aiming to dethrone APC from running the state.
From Reuters
Some writers worry that the technology could one day upend the literary world, dethroning the author as the ultimate source of creativity.
From New York Times
Hoosier hype is well-founded this year, though it's hard to imagine anyone dethroning preseason No. 4 Ohio State as king of the Big Ten.
From Fox News
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
