dethronement

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Noun
  • Sandra Cazzola said the removal of the original crosswalk carried symbolic weight for the LGBTQ community.
    Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The Board of Immigration Appeals issued the final order of removal on Thursday, according to Khalil’s lawyers.
    Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Four waves of protest since 2017 have explicitly demanded its overthrow.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Washington at one point also pushed for the overthrow of Iran’s theocracy.
    Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In recent years, some of the settlers on those outposts have forced the expulsion and displacement of Palestinian communities following settler violence and harassment.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The student involved was later arrested and expulsion was recommended.
    Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • By the dozens, Democrats came out to say that Trump should no longer serve in the White House, either through the impeachment process or the 25th Amendment, which allows the vice president and the Cabinet to declare that a president is no longer able to perform the job.
    Stephen Groves, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But the impeachment starts in the House.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The incident happened during dismissal in a Millard Lefler Middle School hallway on Tuesday, April 7, a spokesperson for the school confirmed to PEOPLE on Thursday, April 9.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The Justice Department has appealed the Oregon, California and Michigan dismissals.
    Rebecca Boone, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In January, 2020, one of the law firms representing the trucking companies sent Garrison a subpoena, asking him to sit for a deposition.
    Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The Department of Justice said former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not appear for a closed-door deposition with the committee on Tuesday, April 14 -- which has prompted bipartisan backlash from lawmakers on the committee.
    John Parkinson, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The clever tuning of the suspension and the steering wheel -- that's what our engineers are incredibly skilled at.
    Morgan Korn, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • That aligns with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, which said in a statement that the two-week suspension of strikes in Iran does not include the war with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
    Will Weissert, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That led to the ouster of Abdulhak’s friend, President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Musk, who runs OpenAI competitor xAI, is seeking the ouster of Sam Altman as CEO and the reversal of OpenAI’s restructuring, which would force it to operate as a nonprofit.
    Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Dethronement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dethronement. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.

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