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as in toppling
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as in overrunning
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overthrowing
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Two rounds of swift but strong thunderstorms blew through Chicago Monday morning and afternoon, toppling a small plane at Midway Airport and leaving some power outages and damage in their wake.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
18 May 2026 -
On May 7, the midfielder surpassed 331 career goals for the Raiders, toppling the school record that Dietrick held since 2011.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
18 May 2026
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The most basic natural method for keeping weeds from overrunning your pavers is manual removal.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
16 May 2026
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Gardening apps can drain a phone battery lightning-fast, like aphids overrunning your tomatoes.—
Jamie Siebrase,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
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This ride is wild mayhem, with two commanding launches that send you inverting and free-spinning into total bliss.—
Zachary Laks,
Travel + Leisure,
15 May 2026
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Chelsea could manipulate their press, either by finding Fernandez lurking on the left wing and Malo Gusto inverting into midfield on the right, or through Sanchez going long.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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The sunny West Elm sideboard and Ligne Roset chair enliven an otherwise neutral room without overpowering the space.—
Laura Fenton,
Midwest Living,
16 May 2026
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The cheesecake was citrusy without being overpowering, and the espresso ganache filling inside the torta was a welcome surprise.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2026
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Originally greeted with bemusement, Pratt is now upending the race with early voting underway ahead of the June 2 election.—
Jonathan J. Cooper,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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By upending decades-old international trade norms and security alliances – not to mention launching a war with Iran that seems to have benefited almost no one – Trump is seen by many to have helped China score not only strategically but even morally.—
Steven Jiang,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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Indeed, back in the 1990s and 2000s, municipalities across the country were happily demolishing Brutalist eyesores made to house the poor.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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The work included demolishing one stand entirely to create the space required to facilitate those media demands.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson disagreed with the court overturning Murdaugh's convictions, reports NBC News.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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Wilson disagreed with the decision of the South Carolina Supreme Court overturning Murdaugh’s convictions and vowed to retry the case by the end of the year.—
Nicole Acevedo,
NBC news,
18 May 2026
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In June 2024, it was officially named a cultural-historic landmark, preventing Milstein and Bank from razing it.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
27 Apr. 2026
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The bulk of people experiencing emergency levels of hunger live in Haiti’s northwest region, including Artibonite, which gangs have mercilessly attacked in recent years, razing communities and destroying farmland.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Overthrowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overthrowing. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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