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overthrown

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verb

past participle of overthrow

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of overthrown
Adjective
The injury happened when teammate Isaiah Oliver, promoted from the practice squad, hit both Flott and Texans tight end Dalton Schultz on an overthrown pass in the end zone. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026 Matthew Bailey picked off an overthrown Williams pass and ran 88 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. — Steve Stein, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026 His association with the overthrown Batista government was through the police and not political, a distinction that may have spared him his life and certainly aided his relatively early release from prison. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026 No matter how detestable the overthrown governments may be, precedents show that regime changes lead neither to democracy nor to peace, but to chaos, civil war and dictatorship. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026 The coach pointed to his chest in reference to Lawrence’s overthrown pass. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025 With the runner already at second base, Williams’ first pitch was an overthrown fastball that went to the backstop, allowing Jose Altuve to move to third base immediately. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overthrown
Adjective
  • Brown and her relatives say the fallen officer tragedy has reignited their trauma and desperation for justice.
    — Liz Crawford, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Florida deaths involved a fallen tree and a man found in a closed garage with a running generator.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In February, the High Court ruled it unlawful and disproportionate, but the Court of Appeal overturned that ruling in June.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Last year, Palestine Action’s co-founder ​Huda Ammori ⁠challenged the ban and the High Court ruled in her favor in February, before the Court of Appeal overturned that decision in June.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Bad guys vanquished… or at the very least, viable scapegoats neutralized.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Over the course of ten wildly successful games, Kratos vanquished mortals, creatures and gods alike.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Crews with the Los Angeles County Fire Department are battling heavy flames at an Inglewood multi-unit commercial building, as thick smoke billows from a collapsed roof.
    — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers have developed cyborg cockroaches that could help deliver emergency medical care to people trapped in collapsed buildings, caves, and other dangerous locations.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Federal and state prosecutors now allege video evidence disproved Castro’s version.
    — María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Video footage has disproved DHS's claims that Good was trying to run over ICE agents with her vehicle.
    — Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In fact, in this retelling, their free will and autonomy are essential elements of that virtuous cycle, rather than subjugated by it.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
  • It’s gotten there by largely avoiding the trap of remaking the original story, in which an astronaut (Heston) crash-lands on a mysterious world in which apes are the dominant species and humans are subjugated, nonverbal creatures.
    — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • At the denouement, Kember is completely alone, his flat, narcotized baritone dripping onto the faded guitar notes like melted mercury.
    — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The Fly Faster Tee uses heavyweight cotton jersey with a faded finish, while the Patch Tee receives a heavy enzyme wash.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Music that has outlived trends, generations, and just about everything else the world has thrown at it.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • During the Wildcats' first attempt on the two-point conversion, a Kentucky player appeared to flinch, and while a flag was thrown, it was negated by a timeout called by the Wildcats.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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“Overthrown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overthrown. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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