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De Blasio’s Announcement Is Upstaged by Son’s Hair The city's public advocate, Bill de Blasio, threw his hat in the ring for mayor on Sunday.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2013

Upstaged by the duck at Eleven Madison Park, here the chicken is the uncontested prima donna, and heads swivel when it goes by.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2012

Q. Upstaged at my wedding: Last Saturday was my wedding and it was everything I could have wished for, until the reception.

From Slate

United Nations: China Upstaged, But Not for Long The United Nations was approaching a moment of monumental importance and high drama.

From Time Magazine Archive