- past tense form of overthrow.
overthrew
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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
“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 1976 coup overthrew president Isabel Peron, who had replaced her husband Juan Peron after he died in office.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 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
Che had served as a military adviser to Fidel Castro when Castro and his guerilla army overthrew Cuba’s former president, Fulgencio Batista, in the 1950s.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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