unseat
Example Sentences
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Beijing’s announcement on Saturday that it was investigating Gen. Zhang Youxia, Xi’s highest-ranking military deputy, for alleged misconduct extended a seismic shake-up of the Chinese military leadership that has already unseated dozens of senior commanders.
A statement added that trying to unseat the elected government was "inconsistent with the ethics, values and professional standards" of the military.
From BBC
Beutner, a former Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent, is the best known of the challengers seeking to unseat Mayor Karen Bass in the June 2 election.
From Los Angeles Times
The Denver Broncos, behind second-year quarterback Bo Nix, unseated the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC West to earn the No. 1 seed in the playoffs, just ahead of the Patriots.
He said he would personally oversee the next stage in the country’s history after Maduro was unseated in an audacious nighttime raid by American commandos.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
