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Gadi Eisenkot, the man who could unseat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, almost always dresses in plain black, speaks halting English and, reflecting the military culture that shapes him, responds in interviews in bullet-point lists.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Now, Kushner is volunteering to unseat the Republican incumbent, who has been in office since 1997.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

A College of the Sequoias professor, he is attempting to unseat Republican Rep. David Valadao.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

He told the newspaper: "There has been, since I arrived at Cambridge, a very well orchestrated and co-ordinated campaign to unseat me from my position."

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

“Then again, Poseidon has tried to unseat Zeus before. I believe that was question thirty-eight on your final exam. . . .”

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

Cameron tried to neutralize that advantage of incumbency as he outlined his own policy priorities for Kentucky’s economy if he unseats Beshear in the November election.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2023

It’s unlikely that Nelson unseats Miller Moss as the Trojans’ No. 2 quarterback.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2023

The improbable return of Alex Smith from a horrific leg injury is worthy of Hollywood consideration, but the chances that he unseats Haskins, absent an injury to the younger player, are remote.

From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2020

Telling these stories unseats narratives that we can’t reach our full potential without leaving this place, or worst of all, that we don’t exist at all.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2018

The least brush against the gallery unseats a part of the family. 

From The Life of the Spider by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Wilson, a first-time candidate, unseated incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell in part because voters were unhappy with the status quo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Two years later, Sosnick helped Streets for All pass Measure HLA and put $25,000 into a committee that backed attorney Ysabel Jurado, who unseated Councilmember Kevin de León.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

This week, the leader of our second-most-popular political party could be unseated in an election by a man who wears a floor-length cape and a bin over his head.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026

In the 13th District, community and union organizer Darializa Avila Chevalier unseated the veteran establishment figure Rep. Adriano Espaillat.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

It was zigzagging through the air, and every now and then making violent swishing movements that almost unseated him.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

She was referring to the idea that Meta, or another competitor, could build agentic AI systems and integrate them into their own hardware products, unseating the iPhone as a hub for consumer-technology interactions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Ford’s steep drop-off in sales in 2026 is expected to result in Hyundai Motor unseating it as the No. 3 car company in the U.S. by sales, according to Cox Automotive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett and opposition leader Yair Lapid announced Sunday they will run on a joint list in this year's elections, in a move aimed at unseating incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu.

From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026

The debut of “Sinners” was triumphant, unseating “A Minecraft Movie” and topping the Easter weekend box office with $46.6 million domestically and $60 million globally while scoring rave reviews and an “A” ranking on Cinemascore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

He set his teeth, and quite unconsciously dug his spurs into his horse's sides, with the natural result that she reared up, almost unseating him, and then plunged forward.

From A Monk of Cruta by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim