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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Democrats picked an unlikely candidate to try to dethrone the Republican senator.
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Douglas dethroned Tyson in a fight that rocked the boxing world.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As plato realized, it is dangerous because its effect is to dethrone the Idea from its position of Truth.
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The media regarded Gorbachev as the odds-on favorite to dethrone the old champ.
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The reality principle does not dethrone the pleasure principle, but rather safeguards it.