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“It will not probably take a war to overthrow the principle of the legal-tender act,” wrote Sumner, alluding to the Civil War, “but it may take a national bankruptcy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

He said that since Gaddafi's overthrow, sectors such as education and healthcare as well as basic needs have been "completely neglected".

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

It does not overthrow Einstein’s relativity or quantum physics — it completes them.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026

Sunday's presidential election comes about four months after outgoing President Patrice Talon survived a coup attempt, when Nigeria - the regional superpower - sent warplanes to bombard mutinous soldiers who had attempted to overthrow him.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

That seemed the most effective way to overthrow segregationist Jim Crow laws.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

Law 19.8 now clearly defines overthrows as intentional throws at the stumps, distinguishing them from ordinary misfields, which are not counted as overthrows.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have now uncovered a key reason behind these coordinated overthrows and how they unfold so precisely.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2025

There were a couple of overthrows to Ja’Lynn Polk as well.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2024

Love was flustered two months ago by the Vikings defense, but despite his penchant for overthrows he has come a long way.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2024

Reception of Napoleon on his return to France.He overthrows the Directory.He is sustained by the people.

From Josephine Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

But history is complicated, and a significant chunk of that population is fiercely opposed to the regime of the Islamic republic, which overthrew the Shah in 1979.

From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026

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

“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

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

It was Gil-galad, Elven-king and Elendil of Westernesse who overthrew Sauron, though they themselves perished in the deed; and Isildur Elendil’s son cut the Ring from Sauron’s hand and took it for his own.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

“I’m happy because the Ayatollah was overthrown, and for the freedom,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

Saddam Hussein of Iraq was overthrown in 2003 by a huge US-led invasion force.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

It's the only nation in West Africa which hasn't experienced a military coup or seen its government overthrown.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026

Some waved flags with a lion and a sun against horizontal green, white and red stripes, the emblem of the monarchy overthrown in 1979.

From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026

Kleptocracies with little public support run the risk of being overthrown, either by downtrodden commoners or by upstart would-be replacement kleptocrats seeking public support by promising a higher ratio of services rendered to fruits stolen.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

I watched a movie called “The International,” which focused on an Interpol investigation of a bank that primarily served groups intent on overthrowing existing governments.

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026

“Just not overthrowing the ball, not throwing as hard as I can but hitting the spots and having a feel for my off-speed pitches,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

Ruhollah Khomeini, the ayatollah who founded the Islamic Republic after the revolution overthrowing the shah in 1979, regarded passing power to a child as un-Islamic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

“I thought he was overthrowing, I hadn’t seen that all spring,” Roberts said after the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

We could embarrass them, but overthrowing them as a result of the Defiance Campaign was impossible.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela