unhorse
Example Sentences
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Unseating Bush was daunting, as it is to unhorse any incumbent president.
From Washington Times • Oct. 23, 2019
Neither was overly eager for the tougher assignment of trying to unhorse Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, 72.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Shiniest Republican statewide hopeful: Newcomer William B. Bantz, 40, burly, personable former U.S. district attorney from Spokane, his party's nominee to unhorse Democrat Senator Henry M. Jackson.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The current scandal seems as unlikely to unhorse Chairman Daniel Haughton, who has headed Lockheed since 1967, as any of the company's former crises.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Hastily mounting a fresh horse, Richard again attacked Des Barres, but could not unhorse the knight, who stuck fast to his saddle.
From With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds by Greene, Frances Nimmo