overthrew
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Tom Stewart overthrew a line-out five metres from the Ulster line and Montpellier moved the ball quickly for Taofifenua to cross out wide, and Miotti again converted.
From BBC • May 22, 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
Since leading the rebel offensive that overthrew the Assad regime, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has vowed to reunify a divided Syria.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 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
In October 1917 the radical Bolshevik Party took advantage of people’s anger over World War I and overthrew the Provisional Government.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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