dethrone
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The 41-year-old star will join Jaylen Brown, Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey on a Philadelphia team that will aim to dethrone the New York Knicks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
But, four weeks before their Wimbledon showdown, Nadal had destroyed Federer 6-1 6-3 6-0 in the Roland Garros final to give him the confidence he could dethrone his rival.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Now, he'll be trying to dethrone 73-year-old Collins in the election.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
But, by the numbers, the Spurs have already distinguished themselves as the likeliest team to dethrone the defending-champion Oklahoma City Thunder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Because of the championship voters’ pronounced bias toward eastern horses in general and War Admiral in particular, Seabiscuit almost certainly could not dethrone the Horse of the Year without beating him on the track.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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Qualcomm can compete — not as the company that dethrones Nvidia, but as a credible, differentiated option in a fast-growing market.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
“This is precisely why so many economists resist it: because it dethrones their outdated tools and analyses,” she continued.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2022
Why he might not be a jerk: Look, a coach getting really excited when his athlete wins gold and dethrones the world-record holder is not by itself definitive evidence of jerkdom.
From Slate ● Jul. 26, 2021
I think it’s gonna be a long, long time before anyone dethrones Styles for best Elton John impersonation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2019
Enlightened reason dethrones devils; but Laotse created devils innumerable, and the chief concern of the Taouist sect has always been to manipulate these emissaries of evil.
From The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion by Gamble, Eliza Burt
Their time of three minutes 47.092 seconds was a new Commonwealth Games record and the Australians had been dethroned.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
They have not been out of the top three of the Fifa world ranking since March 2022, and spent two years in the number one spot before being dethroned by France last year.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Hartford dethroned last year’s hottest market, Buffalo, N.Y., ranked by Zillow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
“We’re looking at an almost 150-year-old record potentially being dethroned here,” said Bryan Lewis, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2026
"From this day on, Your Highness, you are free. The giant who dethroned your father the King is dead!" he said to the "princess."
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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Among the teams capable of dethroning Norco is Orange Lutheran, No. 2 behind the Cougars in Cal-Hi Sports’ preseason Southland top 20 rankings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026
China has reclaimed its title as Germany's top trading partner, dethroning the United States after President Donald Trump launched his tariff onslaught, official data showed Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
As it continues to grow in popularity across the United States, perhaps dethroning the matcha trend, do as I do and when you see pandan on offer — try it.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025
The rise of the powerful technology first elevated Microsoft to the biggest market capitalization in January, dethroning Apple, before pushing Nvidia to take the crown.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
The people blamed him for not dethroning at once the tyrant Chou Hsin.
From The Sayings Of Confucius by Lyall, Leonard Arthur
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