Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overthrew
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The other was the first day of that month when Adam delivered a pitch and almost immediately toppled to the dirt.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026 -
Bangladesh votes on Thursday in the first election since a Gen Z rebellion toppled an ageing autocrat – an uprising tens of millions of young people dreamt could chart a new course for their country.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
10 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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Artists for Aid was for and largely by the generation that upended American political discourse after October 7 with campus sit-ins, the generation that hardly seems daunted by the crackdowns against them.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Ukraine War upended the process.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Asendorf kept trying to fight back, but McCray overpowered her, according to the affidavit.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Feb. 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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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
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This administration hasn't necessarily overwhelmed the health-care experts with good news.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Feb. 2026
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Alex Andrews added 12 points and the Cougars overwhelmed the Aztecs inside with Miles, Jacob Allen and Trevor Zenno.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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The International Organization for Migration said the boat overturned Friday north of Zuwara, a city on the northwest coast of Libya that's about 180 miles from the Italian island of Lampedusa, which many migrants attempt to reach by boat from the African coastline.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Maxwell has also been seeking to have her conviction overturned, arguing that she was wrongfully convicted.—
Stephen Groves,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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The school opened in 1958, with the original school razed and rebuilt in 2007.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 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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“Overthrew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overthrew. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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