overthrow
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Then there’s the fact that Nicaraguan migrants in the United States are a smaller and less powerful force than Cuban Americans, many of whom have lobbied Washington for decades to isolate and overthrow Havana’s leaders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
He said that since Gaddafi's overthrow, sectors such as education and healthcare as well as basic needs have been "completely neglected".
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
It does not overthrow Einstein’s relativity or quantum physics — it completes them.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026
It’s a striking claim for a country that fought a revolution to overthrow a king and hasn’t had one since.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
“My mother was the daughter of a chief who sought to overthrow my grandfather.”
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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Law 19.8 now clearly defines overthrows as intentional throws at the stumps, distinguishing them from ordinary misfields, which are not counted as overthrows.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have now uncovered a key reason behind these coordinated overthrows and how they unfold so precisely.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2025
There were a couple of overthrows to Ja’Lynn Polk as well.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
Love was flustered two months ago by the Vikings defense, but despite his penchant for overthrows he has come a long way.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
But the smallest movement of the sun overthrows the entire fabric of Copernicus.
From The Sun changes its position in space therefore it cannot be regarded as being "in a condition of rest" by Tischner, August
Apple finally overthrew Nvidia to reclaim the title of the world’s largest company by market capitalization, underscoring the dramatic degree to which the iPhone maker’s stock is clobbering the broader technology universe.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Ma Naw Phaw had just started secondary school when Myanmar's military overthrew the democratically elected government in February 2021.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
On the eve of the 1979 revolution that overthrew the shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, there was a much clearer vision of what would follow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Former president Conde, whom Doumbouya overthrew in 2021, and ex-prime minister Sidya Toure, both of whom also live in exile, are over the maximum age limit of 80.
From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025
After the French Revolution, which overthrew the monarchy, it completed its final transformation into a museum, a monument for the new French Republic.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Her parents are openly pro-regime and she worries they might be targeted if the government was to be overthrown.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
“I’m happy because the Ayatollah was overthrown, and for the freedom,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
Many students can be heard chanting these slogans in support of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the late Shah, and the Pahlavi dynasty that was overthrown in 1979.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
And they paid dearly with an overthrown line-out hacked on by Bielle-Biarrey for Gailleton to charge 50 metres downfield before Ramos finished off the counter-attack in the corner.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
In 1970, Prince Sihanouk was overthrown by his top general, Lon Nol.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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I watched a movie called “The International,” which focused on an Interpol investigation of a bank that primarily served groups intent on overthrowing existing governments.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
“Just not overthrowing the ball, not throwing as hard as I can but hitting the spots and having a feel for my off-speed pitches,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
Kainerugaba, who was born in 1974, grew up in exile in Tanzania, Kenya and Sweden before his father took power in 1986 after overthrowing the brutal regime of Milton Obote.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
Like all revolutionaries bent upon overthrowing an established regime, they needed to establish superiority as swiftly and overwhelmingly as possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
“They are dedicated to overthrowing preserves in order to use them for their own misguided purposes,” Grandpa said.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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