displace
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Hamilton made it through into the final session by only 0.001secs as Audi's Gabriel Bortoleto just failed to displace him, and let out an expletive over the radio when he saw the narrow escape.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Plans for the latter, which would displace nearby residents, remain mired in controversy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Holly: Former Manchester United man Alejandro Garnacho may be well fancied after arriving at Villa on loan from Chelsea this summer, but Emi Buendia may be hard to displace in midfield.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The only option to build the facility was to demolish the Trojans’ longtime baseball field and displace the program for multiple seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The scythe could displace a passenger, forcing them to take a different seat, or even a different flight if there were no other available seats.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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According to the researchers, Alzheimer's may begin when a-beta displaces tau from microtubules.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
The carrier is 178 metres long and displaces 30,000 tonnes, they said, adding it was on its way to Kandla in India.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
Healthcare displaces technology at the top of the survey’s consensus overweight ranking for February.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
He warns against weakening workers' bargaining power, especially as technology displaces jobs and unemployment remains high.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
In an early unpublished text from the 1590s he sought to demonstrate that Archimedes’ principle, that a body floats when it displaces its own weight in water, is necessarily true.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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The UN estimates that in all, more than 120,000 Yemenis have been displaced by the sudden surge in fighting along Yemen's Red Sea coast.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Armies, displaced civilians, refugees, and traders frequently traveled along the same routes, creating opportunities for disease to move between regions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Almost two years after a massive battery fire in Monterey County displaced 1,200 people and smoldered for days, spewing toxic gas into the air, the same facility is burning again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Russian crude, displaced from western markets after the invasion of Ukraine, has flowed instead to Indian refineries, often at attractive discounts.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
He thought of it now as he drove to Umuahia, to the center for displaced persons.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Exactly how much diesel those trucks are already displacing depends on how far they are driven, and whether they augment or replace existing vehicle fleets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Fourth of July fireworks sparked dangerous explosions and raging fires across Southern California, leaving several injured and displacing families.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The blaze at Jatiwaringin landfill, on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta, has spread across more than 15 hectares, smothering the area in thick, toxic smoke and displacing hundreds of local residents.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
“There are concerns about AI displacing some of their own business, and the capital spending is a big issue.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Entire neighborhoods disappeared into the insatiable maw of urban renewal, displacing residents into an already tight housing market.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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