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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

Instead, there is smoke and vivid use of light—in the most dramatic sequences, such as the fire, a wall-size blaze of color angles forward from a bank of instruments on the floor upstage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025

On the day of the event, she said, she and her friends weren’t there to provoke Kirk, or to upstage him.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2025

It hung and moved with majesty in folds like an infinite traveler upstage in an infinite theater.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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

The ensemble, however, often upstages the main cast members, etching small but remarkable performance moments, even in the background and during the fleeting transitional numbers.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 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

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

The singers were mostly upstaged by the visuals; only Ying Fang broke through with a forthright, gorgeously sung Pamina.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Nikai, 17, upstaged Sakamoto at the Milano Ice Skating Arena while Alysa Liu of the USA rounded out a powerful top three ahead of Thursday's free skate.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

Assisted by a smothering defense, Herbert upstaged Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes before a worldwide audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025

That I'm being upstaged by a dead pig.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

And of course, guests must avoid upstaging the bride.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

In the television studio, Norwegian sports legends rebuked him for upstaging his teammate who won gold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

The cake, it seemed, was upstaging the guest of honor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025

However narratively motivated, this upstaging of Barbie effectively suggests that only the Kens of the world need their consciousness raised.

From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2023