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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overthrew
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It’s been only about three weeks since Trump toppled Maduro, and already a long line of other flashpoints — from immigration enforcement to Greenland — are distracting attention from what his administration is doing in Caracas.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
26 Jan. 2026 -
More than 7,000 people remain without power in Georgia's White County after the weekend's ice storm toppled trees and felled power lines.—
CBS News Atlanta,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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But word got out and large crowds of people overran the land and destroyed nearly everything Sutter had.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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Sadat was forced to flee the Afghan capital with her family in 2021 after Taliban forces overran the city.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2026
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By 2020, British politics had been upended by a vote to leave the EU, while relations between the two countries had become strained after Beijing introduced new security laws in Hong Kong seen as breaking the terms of the former British colony's handover to China in 1997.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2026
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The film follows Callie and Minnie’s relationship, which is suddenly upended at the start of the summer before their senior year of high school.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
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The naked man put up a good fight, but was overpowered and brought to the Arend, Roggeveen’s flagship.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Their goal overpowered everything else.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
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On his last record, Reduction of Man, Jaffe inverted his approach, triggering events for his group to respond to rather than augmenting his own playing.—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
20 Dec. 2025
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For bras, ensure the cups have been readjusted to their appropriate shape and aren’t accidentally inverted before laying them out to dry.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
19 Dec. 2025
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Ketter said the volume of traffic temporarily overwhelmed DreamHaven's website.—
Nick Lunemann,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The company said the influx briefly overwhelmed its servers.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Jan. 2026
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But the conviction was overturned and a new trial was ordered because prosecutors failed to disclose evidence that a group of jailhouse informants was illegally used to garner incriminating statements by Smith.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
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The panel’s opinion overturned Sjostrom’s ruling on the inactive voters and upheld his ruling on the petitions gathered by non-residents — with the net effect of allowing both directives to invalidate signatures.—
Jim Saunders,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2026
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The units were razed in 1972 to make way for a Days Inn.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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Orange County will pay $33 million to resolve hundreds of claims related to the Airport fire, the destructive 2024 blaze sparked by its public works crew that burned for 26 days and razed homes and structures between two counties.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Overthrew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overthrew. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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