dethronement

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Recent Examples of dethronement This is what dethronement sounds like. Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 31 May 2026
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Noun
  • In April, federal authorities arrested a special operations soldier involved in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for allegedly making more than $400,000 for betting on his removal from office.
    Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 29 June 2026
  • Running until July 15, the hearing's structure allows only testimony from those *opposed* to rescheduling, drawing criticism from reform advocates like NORML and NCIA, who seek complete removal from the CSA.
    A.J. Herrington, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Still, the timing of Saturday’s announcement suggests the protests — the biggest string of rallies since the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic in 2000 — have played a role.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
  • Haitian soldiers seasoned on American battlefields during the revolution later sparked Haiti’s overthrow of French colonial rule, depriving France of its most profitable slave colony and ending one of the most brutal enslavement of human beings in modern world history.
    Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Accra’s 1969 migrant expulsion and Uganda’s mass ban three years later both triggered capital flight and supply chain chaos.
    Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
  • The poems explore themes of loss, identity, artmaking and the natural world, as well as the 1885 expulsion of Chinese immigrants from Eureka, California.
    Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • Dershowitz served as a member of the president's legal team during the Senate trial, and made remarks about the constitutional standards for impeachment on the Senate floor.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • Trump was withholding money from Ukraine that Congress had appropriated, and that was the basis for the impeachment.
    Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • The insensitive promotion was swiftly canceled, leading to the CEO's dismissal, a public apology, and mandatory history training for 24,000 employees.
    Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • But the European Court of Justice dismissal on Thursday marks the end of that process.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • The dietitian thought there might be a correlation, according to an internal Abbott summary of the complaint shown during Colombo’s deposition.
    David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • The issue stems from a June 8 hearing in which fired state trooper Michael Proctor, who is a witness in the case, attempted to delay his deposition for personal reasons.
    Kristina Rex, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Since Ecuador lost, Hincapié will serve his red-card suspension during the team’s next international match.
    Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • The report, released Tuesday, says the jury found that students with disabilities in the district face high rates of absenteeism and suspensions.
    Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • The question arose following the ouster from the September primary ballot of Republican Anne Manning Martin by the state Ballot Law Commission.
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 2 July 2026
  • Oddsmakers are putting plenty of faith in the Thunder using their unexpected ouster by the Spurs in the WCF as motivation, and in San Antonio using its own Finals disappointment to fuel another run at the Larry O’Brien Trophy.
    Juan Carlos Blanco, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

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“Dethronement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dethronement. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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