Sentence examples for overthrow for from inspiring English sources

Shiites both in Iraq and in exile acknowledge that they have been waiting for Mr. Hussein's overthrow for decades, ever since 1968, when the emergence of the Baath Party ushered in an era of unprecedented oppression of the Shia Muslims who make up the majority of Iraq's population.

So it is for very good reason that Socrates proceeds to offer a second pleasure proof that he promises to be the "greatest and most decisive overthrow" for the unjust (583b6 7).

Around the time of the overthrow, for example, newspapers published racialized images of Queen Liliuokalani with features drawn to look more savage and exaggerated.

Once more I come to know of thee, King Harry, If for thy ransom thou wilt now compound, Before thy most assured overthrow: For certainly thou art so near the gulf, Thou needs must be englutted.

The Kremlin has supported the Assad regime against the array of militants and rebels who have fought for its overthrow for four and a half years, which is just the latest chapter in a 50-year relationship between the two nations.

The mean skin to hook distance and wire overthrow for HUGL were 47.5 mm and 10.4 mm, respectively; the corresponding values for SGL were 67.5 mm and 15.3 mm, respectively.

He considered a run for the Senate last year, quotes Hubert Humphrey on America's "third-rate knowledge of the world" and predicts a future when nation-states, delineated by sharp boundaries and unilateral wars, will be overthrown for "market-states," in which economic and political cooperation will be necessary to fight terrorism.

One theory is that he would turn out to be like Lucio Gutiérrez, another former army colonel, who won power in Ecuador in 2002 by campaigning as an outsider, but adopted moderate policies in office before being overthrown for heavy-handedness (see article).

3rd over: India 23-0 (Sehwag 12, Tendulkar 6) A frenetic start to this match continues, with Steyn's second over going for 14! First there were five overthrows for Tendulkar, who took a quick single into the covers and got four bonus runs when Botha's throw went to the boundary.

Of seeing the field as a craft and part of a long lineage of intellectual forebears instead of as a terrain where the masters need to be overthrown for the latest junk to be installed.

It was a distorted flashback to that day in 2002, when one triumphant Hugo Chávez returned to Office on the shoulders of his supporters, after being overthrown for three days.