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usurper

[yoo-sur-per, -zur‐] / yuˈsɜr pər, -ˈzɜr‐ /




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After the breakup of their marriage, Burden’s husband flipped from provider to usurper.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The Houthis say they now want "to pressure the Israeli usurper entity to reopen the crossings to the Gaza Strip and allow the entry of aid, including food and medical supplies".

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025

Tied for second place as the people most responsible for the multi-billion-dollar success of Axe Cap — behind only Axe himself — they have been accepted into the brain trust of Axe’s usurper, Mike Prince.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2023

Mehmed regarded himself not as a usurper but as the rightful successor to the Byzantines.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The usurper Pelias had been told by an oracle that he would die at the hands of kinsmen, and that he should beware of anyone whom he saw shod with only a single sandal.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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