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overthrow

[oh-ver-throh, oh-ver-throh] / ˌoʊ vərˈθroʊ, ˈoʊ vərˌθroʊ /


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While the film frets that the stupids are building an army to overthrow the world, it can’t even bother to come up with a counterrevolution.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

Human rights group Amnesty International says prosecutors falsely alleged that the Gezi park protests were an attempt to overthrow the government.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

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

Slater thinks a new set of application-layer disrupters is on the way that will use AI to overthrow the existing tech leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

Jen grinned as if he’d just announced the overthrow of the Government.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

Pakistan became a rabble, beset by misfields and overthrows, while six home bowlers conceded more than 100 runs.

From BBC Oct. 10, 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

The study, published on Thursday in Science, overthrows decades of thinking about when humans arrived in North America.

From Scientific American Oct. 5, 2023

With ferß curag ben the knychtis met, 1068 The king his ſpere apone the knycht hath set, That al in peciß flaw in to the felde; The red knight, though shieldless, overthrows his foe.

From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat

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

But history is complicated, and a significant chunk of that population is fiercely opposed to the regime of the Islamic republic, which overthrew the Shah in 1979.

From Barron's Jun. 14, 2026

“He had the ability if he was developed and stayed healthy. I think he probably overthrew and tore his rotator cuff and nobody knew it.”

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

The Trump administration aims to build a larger diplomatic presence in Syria following the consolidation of power by Sharaa, who in late 2024 overthrew dictator Bashar al-Assad.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 2026

The Redeemers who overthrew Reconstruction were inclined to retain such segregation practices as had already emerged, but they displayed no apparent disposition to expand or universalize the system.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Sushila Karki, who led Nepal as interim prime minister after Oli's government was overthrown, paid tribute to "all the brave individuals who lost their lives".

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

In November 1688 the absolutist and pro-Catholic king of England was overthrown.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Fifteen of the new lawmakers are women and 13 were imprisoned during the rule of Bashar al-Assad, who was overthrown in 2024.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

A 34-year-old resident of Sanandaj in western Iran said the intensity of the attacks had decreased and that in recent days he "realised the Islamic republic will not be overthrown in the way we imagined".

From Barron's Mar. 27, 2026

Kleptocracies with little public support run the risk of being overthrown, either by downtrodden commoners or by upstart would-be replacement kleptocrats seeking public support by promising a higher ratio of services rendered to fruits stolen.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

Many of the 100 or more other soldiers who participated were unaware they were overthrowing the government.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

“I thought he was overthrowing, I hadn’t seen that all spring,” Roberts said after the game.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2026

Quarterback Nico Iamaleava needs to stop overthrowing receivers.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2025

“The alliance is to be sealed by a marriage, it says. In return for Dome’s help overthrowing die Usurper, my brother Viserys is to take Prince Doran’s daughter Arianne for his queen.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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