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have dethroned

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By her metrics, Pesto has reached an audience of about 5 billion and appears to have dethroned Thailand’s adorably erratic baby pygmy hippo as the internet’s favourite animal.

From BBC Sep. 24, 2024

If the Mavericks win, they will have dethroned a Suns team that won a franchise-record 64 games, including an 18-game win streak.

From New York Times May 13, 2022

It’s this insistence upon independence that, more than anything, may have dethroned J. Crew.

From The New Yorker May 3, 2017

But … Isn't this type of goal better kept quiet, working and working until the market says you have dethroned the incumbent?

From The Guardian Jul. 11, 2011

They have dethroned kings, proclaimed new constitutions, brought statesmen and citizens by thousands to the block; they have agonized and bled; but they have been unable to reverse their fatal choice at the Reformation.

From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by Wylie, James Aitken