unseat
Example Sentences
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Does he hope the people rise up and unseat the new leader?
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Bennett, a Democrat, is running in a competitive race to unseat Republican Thomas Kean Jr. in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
Beutner, a former Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent, is the best known of the challengers seeking to unseat Mayor Karen Bass in the June 2 election.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
“That rising tide will lift all boats, but nobody is going to completely unseat Nvidia in the interim.”
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
“They have peace with both humans and rats now. They do not want to unseat it.”
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.