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Bass and Raman were political allies at one point, with Raman even endorsing the mayor before launching a campaign to unseat her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 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

But they aren’t extolling the candidacy of former military helicopter pilot Rebecca Bennett, who is running to unseat a GOP congressman in New Jersey, or of retired Vice Adm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

City Councilmember Nithya Raman, who applauded the mayor at her emergency declaration event, is now looking to unseat her.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

I remember being small and looking up, wondering if the rumble could unseat the heavens.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

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

If one of those teams unseats the Bucs atop the division, Tampa Bay could become the first defending Super Bowl champ to miss the playoffs since the Broncos in 2016.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2021

Telling these stories unseats narratives that we can’t reach our full potential without leaving this place, or worst of all, that we don’t exist at all.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2018

A sudden rise in the velvet lawn, causing the dog-cart to sway rather much to one side, unseats the groom, who is flung somewhat heavily to the ground.

From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess

This week, the leader of our second-most-popular political party could be unseated in an election by a man who wears a floor-length cape and a bin over his head.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026

A recent Ampere survey of of sports fans found that football has narrowly unseated baseball as the number three sport in the US, with 10% of Americans saying it's their favourite.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Recall that a young upstart by the name of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unseated New York Rep. Joseph Crowley, a powerful 10-term incumbent and chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Charter advocates were among Melvoin’s biggest supporters in 2017 when he unseated then-board President Steve Zimmer in the most expensive school board race in U.S. history, with outside groups spending nearly $10 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Even though it was a donkey that unseated me, I learned that to humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

Here, it's Labour's deputy leader Jackie Baillie who has seen off challenge after challenge from the SNP, though they came within 109 votes of unseating her in 2016.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

There is no clear mechanism for unseating the regime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

O’Rourke came within 3 percentage points of unseating Cruz in that race.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2024

He stopped short, as Ceph swerved to one side, almost unseating him.

From An Undivided Union by Oliver Optic