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Now, Kushner is volunteering to unseat the Republican incumbent, who has been in office since 1997.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

Brazilian Joao Havelange was the last person to unseat a Fifa president in an election, ousting Sir Stanley Rous in 1974.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

At one point, the rebels threatened to unseat the junta.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

They aim to unseat the mockingbird, which has held the top perch for 99 years, and crown the American flamingo state bird.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

I must be careful of such dreams, for they would unseat one’s reason if there were too much of them.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Cameron tried to neutralize that advantage of incumbency as he outlined his own policy priorities for Kentucky’s economy if he unseats Beshear in the November election.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2023

It’s unlikely that Nelson unseats Miller Moss as the Trojans’ No. 2 quarterback.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2023

The improbable return of Alex Smith from a horrific leg injury is worthy of Hollywood consideration, but the chances that he unseats Haskins, absent an injury to the younger player, are remote.

From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2020

In Kentucky, Democratic nominee Amy McGrath, a former fighter pilot, would be the first woman to represent the Lexington-based 6th Congressional District if she unseats Republican Rep. Garland “Andy” Barr.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2018

The least brush against the gallery unseats a part of the family. 

From The Life of the Spider by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Mamdani's picks unseated two sitting lawmakers and beating the hand-picked successor of a retiring congresswoman.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Many of these winning candidates have unseated entrenched incumbents, as 29-year-old Colorado attorney Melat Kiros did to U.S.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

Former city Comptroller Brad Lander unseated Rep. Dan Goldman in a district that spans lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

He was unseated by Jeff Koons's "Rabbit" a year later.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

A hawk alit upon the hayloft railing and was unseated unceremoniously when a raven landed nearly on top of it.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

Lungu, who led Zambia from 2015 until 2021, had numerous rows with Hichilema, who was the opposition leader for many years before finally unseating his bitter rival.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett and opposition leader Yair Lapid announced Sunday they will run on a joint list in this year's elections, in a move aimed at unseating incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu.

From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026

There is no clear mechanism for unseating the regime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

The debut of “Sinners” was triumphant, unseating “A Minecraft Movie” and topping the Easter weekend box office with $46.6 million domestically and $60 million globally while scoring rave reviews and an “A” ranking on Cinemascore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

Inexperienced in such delicate maneuvers and overtaken at the crises by the climactic unseating of Death, he had poured into the empty memory banks the whole contents of his own mind.

From The Short Life by Francis Donovan