dethronement

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Noun
  • Calls for context or conversation While some Black leaders are calling for the statue's removal, others said that, at a minimum, more historical context should be added.
    Marissa Armas, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The city’s chief financial officer, Ashley Groffenberger said the City Hall budget gap was due in part to overspending on snow removal due to two major winter storms and public safety overtime.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Washington at one point also pushed for the overthrow of Iran’s theocracy.
    Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Trump has stated repeatedly that Cuba is next in his crosshairs, after his ongoing war against Iran and the overthrow in January of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In space, there is no gravity to assist with such expulsions.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Yet few have been deported, even as the White House pushes for ever more immigrant expulsions.
    Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Paxton told stories about running for office for the first time and his 2023 impeachment.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Indivisible cofounder Leah Greenberg said organizers expect people to protest for a variety of reasons − from immigration enforcement to calls for impeachment.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The dismissal of several key claims from the suit comes one month ahead the scheduled start of their trial.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • What did the judge say in his dismissal?
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In a deposition used in the Watson trial, Carol Lynn Berseth — a co-author of the paper and Mead Johnson’s director of medical affairs for North America when the study was completed — testified that the article was peer-reviewed and that no reviewer asked for additional data.
    David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
  • In addition, the passenger in the shot-up car had originally testified at trial, then in a later deposition, that Sierra was the shooter.
    Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Shaban dismissed the New York suspension as a relatively minor, administrative oversight.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2026
  • One charge is his second DWI offense, a Class A misdemeanor in Texas that can carry jail time, fines and a driver’s license suspension of between six months and two years.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • More recently, the controversial designer John Galliano used the house’s reticence as a refuge to rebuild his reputation after a series of antisemitic rants led to his ouster from French fashion monolith Dior in 2011.
    Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Halbert's case was originally dismissed by Shelby County Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin-Johnson, who said the outside counsel hired by Shelby County government lacked standing to bring the ouster petition.
    Lucas Finton, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Dethronement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dethronement. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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