Sentence examples for * overthrew in from inspiring English sources

Juan Velasco Alvarado, whom Morales overthrew in a bloodless coup on August 29.

After that, it propped up the kleptocratic dictatorship that Fidel Castro's revolutionaries overthrew in 1959.

In particular Nawaz Sharif, twice prime minister, whom General Musharraf overthrew in a bloodless coup in 1999, hungered for revenge.

The man Gen Babangida overthrew in 1985 to become president, General Muhammad Buhari, is also in the running.

It was Mr. Sharif whom General Musharraf overthrew in 1999 when he seized power in a coup, and he has since been the general's most uncompromising critic.

That put Mr. Kabila within striking range of Mr. Bemba's base, Gbadolite (also the hometown of Mobutu Sese Seko, the longtime dictator whom Mr. Kabila overthrew in 1997).

And Mr Sharif sees the ousting of the man who overthrew him in 1999 as the first step in his bid to reclaim the prime ministership.Mr Zardari, however, believes any confrontation with the president, army and judiciary would play into the hands of his political opponents.

The Middle East has a rich revolutionary history -- from the Free Officers that overthrew monarchies in Egypt and Iraq in 1952 and 1958, respectively, to Qaddafi's coup d'etat in Libya in 1969, to the massive popular mobilization that enabled the overthrow of the Pahlavi Dynasty in Iran in 1979 -- but nowhere did revolution a democracy make.

Facebook overthrew Yahoo in audience rankings back in 2010.

General Ibrahim Babangida, who overthrew Buhari in 1985, was more crafty in his exercise of power, but more ruthless too.

Both men were key figures in the military palace coup that overthrew Buhari in 1985 (when Dasuki was a young army officer and Mohammed was the head of military intelligence).