overthrowing

Example Sentences

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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

Kainerugaba, who was born in 1974, grew up in exile in Tanzania, Kenya and Sweden before his father took power in 1986 after overthrowing the brutal regime of Milton Obote.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

I saw that revenge was still at the front of his mind, overthrowing all thoughts of love.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein