dethrone
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The only question is which team can offer the strongest challenge to dethrone the Eagles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Stella Li, BYD’s executive vice president, said the company intends to dethrone Toyota as the world’s largest automaker by sales and that this can be achieved without selling cars in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Armed with the cash generated by selling around a third of the club to Bezos and company, Liverpool will seek to dethrone Arsenal and claim a record 21st English title.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 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
We were better equipped than many founders of dynasties had been when they walked north to dethrone an emperor; they had been peasants like us.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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October 14: The Airbus A320 dethrones the Boeing 737 as the leader in terms of all-time aircraft deliveries.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
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
It is not every day a huge underdog dethrones a living legend.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2022
The 13-foot fish dethrones the former record-holder, a 646-pound catfish found in northern Thailand in 2005.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2022
And who is this who thus dethrones our heavenly Father?
From My Path to Atheism by Annie Wood Besant
Going up against the Broncos, the AFC West rival who dethroned the Chiefs a year ago and took the conference’s No. 1 seed, Walker showed just how effective he could be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Thorslund, 32, dethroned Cherneka Johnson in August to claim the WBC, WBO, WBA and IBF titles.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
For the first time this year, California was not the state with the most Fortune 500 companies, after Texas dethroned it in June.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Nvidia dethroned Microsoft as the most valuable publicly traded company last June, and its streak as the undisputed heavyweight of the AI era lasted for 265 trading days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
He ruled over the other Titans until his son Zeus dethroned him and seized the power for himself.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Chinese automakers are moving headlong onto German carmakers’ home turf after dethroning them in China, previously their strongest overseas market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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
Him pitching like this would have erased whatever chance the Padres had of dethroning the Dodgers in the National League West.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 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
By dethroning Theodosius III. on the very eve of the great Saracen invasion, Leo the Isaurian took upon himself the gravest of responsibilities.
From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman
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