overthrow

While the film frets that the stupids are building an army to overthrow the world, it can’t even bother to come up with a counterrevolution.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Human rights group Amnesty International says prosecutors falsely alleged that the Gezi park protests were an attempt to overthrow the government.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

It opens at Harrenhal on the eve of an infamous tournament that set in motion events leading to the overthrow of King Aerys II Targaryen, the titular mad king.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

In his 2012 autobiography "An American Son," the man oft-memed as the "viceroy" of Cuba, recounts boasting to his exiled Cuban grandfather that he would one day overthrow Fidel Castro and free Cuba.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

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

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

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

Pakistan became a rabble, beset by misfields and overthrows, while six home bowlers conceded more than 100 runs.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024

Dobbs threw for two touchdowns in his fifth start for the injured Kyler Murray, but had two interceptions on overthrows and lost a fumble that set up a Bengals’ fourth-quarter field goal.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2023

The study, published on Thursday in Science, overthrows decades of thinking about when humans arrived in North America.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2023

But until the outbreak of the international revolution, revolutions in individual countries may still meet with a number of serious setbacks and overthrows.

From A Letter to American Workingmen by N. Lenin

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

Founded after the 1979 revolution that overthrew the Shah, it was then forged in the deadly misery of the eight-year war with Iraq.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026

He overthrew Lissouba in a civil war to return to power in 1997.

From Barron's ● Feb. 28, 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

Sushila Karki, who led Nepal as interim prime minister after Oli's government was overthrown, paid tribute to "all the brave individuals who lost their lives".

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

In November 1688 the absolutist and pro-Catholic king of England was overthrown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Her parents are openly pro-regime and she worries they might be targeted if the government was to be overthrown.

From BBC ● May 3, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

Rhino-mounted Bantu shock troops could have overthrown the Roman Empire.

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

Quarterback Nico Iamaleava needs to stop overthrowing receivers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025

"And lastly, O my resourceful son," said the Tisroc, "you have made clear how all this might give you the barbarian woman, but not how it helps me to the overthrowing of Narnia."

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis