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And upstart brands looking to grow are settling for lower margins and cutting marketing budgets in hopes they can attract new shoppers with price tags that start with a nine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Recall that a young upstart by the name of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unseated New York Rep. Joseph Crowley, a powerful 10-term incumbent and chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

CME Group sued the top U.S. derivatives regulator Thursday to thwart Kalshi, an upstart prediction-markets platform, from encroaching on its turf as the nation’s leading futures exchange.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

The trend spans from Ford Motor, which announced a new battery storage division in May, to Fluence Energy, an upstart battery-maker collaborating with Nvidia.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

Kleptocracies with little public support run the risk of being overthrown, either by downtrodden commoners or by upstart would-be replacement kleptocrats seeking public support by promising a higher ratio of services rendered to fruits stolen.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Karp’s I’m-mad-as-hell-and-I’m-not-going-to-take-it-anymore moment is perhaps the best illustration yet of the battle brewing between the tech establishment and the AI upstarts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

The design-software company has struggled to convince investors that its pricing model and artificial-intelligence offerings are enough to compete with cheaper upstarts, and Bank of America’s Tal Liani isn’t optimistic that sentiment will change.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

The man who shockingly demoted then-24-year-old goalkeeper Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa in favor of a more experienced player prior to the 2010 World Cup was now relying on upstarts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

Understanding what any upstarts are up against can help, though.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

Masters of power politics, engineers of genius, the Mexica were also upstarts and pretenders, arrivistes who falsely claimed a brilliant line of descent.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

In an industry where guerrilla tactics pay off, Kahn upstarted the upstarts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Further inside the heart of the city upstarted the intoxications of sin and the terrible beggars with their maimed children.

From Memories of Hawthorne by Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne

Instantly upstarted Lyubim Tsarevich, put on his armour, and leapt upon his steed.

From The Russian Garland being Russian Folk Tales by Rosciszewski, J. R. de

After this fashion the Moslems ceased not dashing forwards, one after one, and the Franks to unhorse them and take them captive, till day departed and the night with darkness upstarted.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Then labor came next, and the conflict began With monsters and beasts famed in song; And heroes upstarted, as rulers of man, And the weak sought the aid of the strong.

From The Poems of Schiller — Third period by Schiller, Friedrich

At the sound, The knight, upstarting from his dreamy trance, High raised his vizor, and his bugle rang, Answering.

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George

Coxcombs need only lines; their opinions are upstarting islands, held together by nothing but emptiness....

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul

The thrush, upstarting in the distant dell, Shook its brown wing, with golden streaks array’d, And ap’d the witch-notes, as they rose and fell.

From Romantic Ballads, Translated from the Danish; and Miscellaneous Pieces by Borrow, George Henry

He seized the wooden sword, and smote the earth;       When lo! upstarting into birth       A fabric, gorgeous to behold,       Outshone in elegance the old, And Veeshnoo saw, and cried, "Hail, playhouse mine!"

From Rejected Addresses by Smith, James

She followed the direction of my eye, stroked down an upstarting frill, and coloured furiously.

From The Lady of the Basement Flat by Earnshaw, Elizabeth