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  • verb Present participle of unseat.

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Examples

  • Of course this isn't the greatest story for her campaign, but if the wolf campaign's handling of it can be made to look bad then all the better in unseating him in the long run.

    Disgusting Politics in the 10th 2008

  • "Regardless of how good Powerset’s semantic matching algorithms are, and how effective they are at finding relevant search results, I think there are three reasons why Powerset will have a great deal of difficulty in unseating Google as the leader in Web Search:"

    Internet News: Powerset Hype 2008

  • Now the netroots are going to be more emotionally invested in unseating Collins.

    Matthew Yglesias » Nice 2007

  • The governor disapproved of an e-mail written by a deputy chief of staff who endorsed the idea of unseating some GOP senators.

    Archive 2003-07-01 2003

  • The governor disapproved of an e-mail written by a deputy chief of staff who endorsed the idea of unseating some GOP senators.

    South of the Suwannee 2003

  • There is something quite awesome about the idea of unseating a president.

    Staying Tuned Daniel Schorr 2001

  • There is something quite awesome about the idea of unseating a president.

    Staying Tuned Daniel Schorr 2001

  • There is something quite awesome about the idea of unseating a president.

    Staying Tuned Daniel Schorr 2001

  • In the 1980 elections, the newly politicized religious right succeeded in unseating five of the most liberal Democratic incumbents in the U.S. Senate and provided the margin that helped Ronald Reagan defeat Jimmy Carter.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • In the 1980 elections, the newly politicized Religious Right succeeded in unseating five of the most liberal Democrat incumbents in the U.S. Senate, and provided the margin that helped Ronald Reagan defeat Jimmy Carter.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

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