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The 2011 uprising that aimed to unseat Assad, and his violent response over the next decade and a half, left half a million dead.

Even with U.S. warships offshore, the strongman has prevailed in efforts to unseat him—purging, spying and paying off officers so the armed forces remain loyal.

His extraordinary demand to unseat an allied government in wartime alienated pro-Israel voters while buying him no credibility with the left.

Or they could be scrambling to sneak into the playoffs, having been unseated by a couple of teams that few anticipated holding the best records in the NFL.

Political activist David Nyakakye last month hoped to unseat an unpopular government, just as demonstrators have already done this year in Madagascar and Nepal.