Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overthrew
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Oligui Nguema, had toppled President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who was accused of irresponsible governance.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026 -
While citywide damage is still being assessed, over two dozen trees had toppled over during the storm, Chaudhry added.—
Ryanne Mena,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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Fighting rages on Since the RSF overran el-Fasher, which had been one of the army’s last strongholds in Darfur, fighting has recently concentrated in various areas of Kordofan.—
Noha Elhennawy,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 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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In the women’s team pursuit, Brittany Bowe, Mia Manganello and Greta Myers finished a disappointing fourth, this after losing to eventual gold medalist Canada in the semifinal and then getting upended by Japan in the fight for the bronze.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Sure enough, a big rock upended from beneath my toe and sent me lurching headlong to the water.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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The men, who set a fire and overpowered at least two guards, allegedly had the assistance of at least one guard in the Special Incarceration Unit, where inmates with discipline problems spend 23 hours a day in their cells.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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His aura both overpowered her and complemented her own.—
Anna Peele,
Vanity Fair,
6 Feb. 2026
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That means the pumping chambers in the ventricles of the heart are inverted so that the one that evolved to pump blood to the lungs ends up pumping to the brain and the one that evolved to pump to the brain ends up pumping to the lungs.—
Elizabeth Cooney,
STAT,
2 Feb. 2026
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Jorrel Hato inverted from left-back into deep midfield, Alejandro Garnacho and Jamie Gittens were left to create one-versus-one on the wings and the home side’s focus on moving through the middle of the pitch did not account for the numerous traps West Ham had laid for them there.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Cathy’s, um, secretions Fennell’s tendency to shock us only lightly comes (sorry) into full effect when Cathy steals off to the moors to masturbate against a giant rock, overwhelmed by her feelings for Heathcliff.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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This enables local food pantries to support as many individuals as possible without being overwhelmed by rising demand.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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Renewables soar globally despite US climate pullback Renewables are being deployed aggressively across much of the world even as the US, historically the world’s biggest emitter, overturned a landmark domestic climate ruling.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Don’t expect Braves starting pitcher and Cy Young Award winner Chris Sale to ask for a ball or strike call to be overturned.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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The Polo Grounds also counted as part of Brush’s legacy, at least until the stadium was razed to make way for a public housing complex.—
Libby Cierzniak,
IndyStar,
20 Feb. 2026
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That was the first step of what Puerto Rico hopes will be a rebirth of a Winter Olympics program that had been razed to the ground.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Overthrew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overthrew. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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