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What do you foresee happening with the penetration of cloud gaming in Europe verses what we’ve seen in the US? iPhone 5 To Be Dethroned by Microsoft's Superphone?

From Forbes • Dec. 30, 2011

Dethroned by their son Aurangzeb, Shah Jahan gazed upon the Taj from prison and was later buried beside Mumtaz.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dethroned by Presbyterians from their onetime third rank in number of U. S. Protestants, Lutherans plan to count hereafter communicants rather than confirmed members, as a fair and more impressive test of strength.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dethroned from its No. 1 spot in the Nielsen ratings by NBC during the 1985-86 season, CBS has lately sunk to a feeble third place.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dethroned by the irresistible influences of fire and water, our heroine has retired into the seclusion of private life.

From The Island Queen by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)