upstage

He doesn’t upstage the boss, he does what he’s told and he’s not that bright.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Experts aren’t too worried that SpaceX is going to upstage Anthropic and OpenAI.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

Hoping to upstage Ryder Cup team-mates McIlroy and Rose, Lowry will enter the final round just two back after a rollercoaster 68 that featured a glorious hole-in-one at the sixth.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

So the third feature, “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t,” brings in three lesser-known younger performers to both upstage their elders and get a little coaching from them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

I guess that means TJ will have to do it, but that boy might upstage me and win the whole darn pageant even though he’s not a contestant!

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

Her bull-by-the-horns tenacity is seldom more evident than when she upstages Johnny Carson, a spotlight-grabbing moment that foreshadows her future career as a sports broadcaster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

These are projected next to the prints, a juxtaposition that may please soccer fans but somewhat upstages the artworks.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023

It's not often a taoiseach upstages a US president, but that's what happened last night.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2022

His ride-along also upstages rival astro-tourism venture Blue Origin and its founder, Amazon mogul Jeff Bezos, in what has been popularized as the "billionaire space race."

From Reuters ● Jul. 11, 2021

“You should’ve read the article. They say she’s done so much with her part. Even though her scenes are brief, she upstages Douglas Fairbanks!”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

This week, his younger brother upstaged him: He bought the Lakers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Even beyond the supermarket, it was common to use checks at malls, big-box stores or gas stations until the early 2000s, when they were ultimately upstaged by credit and debit cards.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Amber Glenn upstaged world champion Alysa Liu with a record score to take the lead after the women's short program at the US Figure Skating Championships in St Louis on Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

On Thursday, Parrott upstaged Cristiano Ronaldo with two goals to sink Portugal and take the Republic of Ireland's play-off push into the final game.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025

Another sound enters but is upstaged by still another: the two circle each other and stop.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

Nakai, 17, set the pace in the short programme on Tuesday, upstaging teammate Kaori Sakamoto, a three-time Olympic medallist.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

“Thanks for coming out for fashion week, we’re definitely mogging every other event,” announced Gabriel Hugoboom, using a slang term for visibly upstaging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

One critic noted that "when Maggie Smith is on the screen, the picture moves," and Burton afterwards teasingly described her upstaging of him as "grand larceny."

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024

During their first U.S. appearance, they shared a bill with Little Richard and the young guitarist he scolded for upstaging him, Jimi Hendrix.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2023

But that irritated Gov. Jerry Brown, who saw it as upstaging.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2023