topple
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Harvard-Westlake’s boys’ tennis team accomplished something on Friday few have done: topple Irvine University.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
It’s currently in the Arabian Sea, but he seems to think it could make “ a little excursion” to topple the government and take it over.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
Dimunitive and draped in a plain cotton sari and rubber sandals, Banerjee hardly looked like a politician who would topple one of the world's longest-running elected Communist governments.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
Its fight for survival means it is unlikely to topple quickly regardless of internal pressure or external strikes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
They suggested that the worst thing that could possibly happen to an American was to topple from his perch on the class ladder, as happens to poor Hurstwood in Dreiser’s Sister Carrie.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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