overthrow
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Neighbouring Turkey is a key supporter of Syria's new authorities, while Israel has carried out repeated incursions and bombings in the country since Assad's overthrow.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
The mufti conspired with Iraqi soldiers to overthrow the pro-British Prince Regent Abd al-Ilah of Hejaz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
It does not overthrow Einstein’s relativity or quantum physics — it completes them.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026
In the 1953 coup, America's CIA intelligence agency and Britain's MI6 conspired with Iranians to overthrow the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
Lieutenant Scheisskopf cared very deeply about winning parades and about bringing Clevinger up on charges before the Action Board for conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the cadet officers Lieutenant Scheisskopf had appointed.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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
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
The study, published on Thursday in Science, overthrows decades of thinking about when humans arrived in North America.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2023
Back then, an outrageous slice of luck saw Martin Guptill's throw from the deep ricochet of Stokes' bat for four overthrows.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2023
In this lecture he reaffirms the statements made in the "Abbott Letter," supports them with substantial arguments and proofs, and completely overthrows the claims advanced by Reed.
From Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? by Remsburg, John B.
The 1976 coup overthrew president Isabel Peron, who had replaced her husband Juan Peron after he died in office.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
The People’s Mojahedin Organization, a well-organized leftist-Islamist group, waged an armed struggle against the shah and participated in the 1979 revolution that overthrew him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Since leading the rebel offensive that overthrew the Assad regime, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has vowed to reunify a divided Syria.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
Former president Conde, whom Doumbouya overthrew in 2021, and ex-prime minister Sidya Toure, both of whom also live in exile, are over the maximum age limit of 80.
From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025
I would never forget the day after Daoud Khan overthrew the king.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
The regime that had ruled Iran since the Shah was overthrown in 1979 was on the way out.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
A 34-year-old resident of Sanandaj in western Iran said the intensity of the attacks had decreased and that in recent days he "realised the Islamic republic will not be overthrown in the way we imagined".
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
“I’m happy because the Ayatollah was overthrown, and for the freedom,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
Many students can be heard chanting these slogans in support of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the late Shah, and the Pahlavi dynasty that was overthrown in 1979.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
In 1959, a rebel force led by Fidel Castro had overthrown the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, an authoritarian leader supported by the United States and by the many American companies doing business on the island.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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
Many of the 100 or more other soldiers who participated were unaware they were overthrowing the government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 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
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