Example Sentences

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But when the ship Turalon arrives, Supervisor Kalico Aguila discovers that settlers have overthrown the colony Port Authority.

From The Verge • Feb. 1, 2018

Its website is popular, but unlike other internet startups that have overthrown traditional businesses, Redfin is far from upending the real estate industry.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2017

“It used to be there was a hierarchy,” Carville says, choking up, on Election Night, and then tells his staff that they have overthrown it.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 17, 2016

Egypt, Tunisia and Libya — all countries that have overthrown autocratic governments with American support since 2011 — adopted restrictive new laws or carried out prosecutions against minority faiths.

From New York Times • May 21, 2013

Rhino-mounted Bantu shock troops could have overthrown the Roman Empire.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond