usurp
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We didn’t want to usurp public resources to undergo a new inspection.
From Salon β Oct. 4, 2026
There is also the strained relationship with her friend-turned-stepmother Alicent, who helped usurp Rhaenyra’s throne.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 17, 2026
They are, er, not wholly convinced that there's a level playing field when the east coast is threatening to usurp a giant from the west.
From BBC β May 13, 2026
Kingsbury, the Olympic champion from Pyeongchang 2018, produced a storming run to usurp the high-flying Horishima and take top spot with just Cooper to go.
From Barron's β Feb. 12, 2026
“If I do not usurp myself, I am.”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
District Court for the Eastern District of California, argues the law usurps the NLRB’s authority “by attempting to regulate areas explicitly reserved for federal oversight.”
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 17, 2025
They argue that it does not properly hold members of the Sackler family accountable and that it usurps states’ ability to try to do so.
From Seattle Times β Dec. 16, 2021
Humbly, she understood that death sometimes usurps small liberties.
From Slate β May 16, 2020
Justice Burke had ruled that the prosecution’s request amounted to a “‘constructive amendment’ of the indictment and usurps the role of the grand jury.”
From New York Times β Aug. 16, 2019
In some ways, she thinks he usurps what should be her role.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
Hipsters war have now been usurped by a new stereotype: the tech bro.
From Slate β Sep. 6, 2026
Gemini 2.5 Pro, released in March 2025, and Gemini 3.0 Pro, released in November 2025, enjoyed brief stints at the frontier until Anthropic’s Claude models usurped them, Schwarz said.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 15, 2026
Ultimately, society’s ingrained fear of missing out on making money will be usurped by the fear of losing money.
From Barron's β Apr. 15, 2026
In claiming power to give France a new constitution, Mr. Hardman notes, the assembly “had usurped the rights of the people as well as the king.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 31, 2025
But by halfway through the fifth century BC—again, not long before Gorgias arrived—its judicial function had mostly been usurped by the Heliaea,** which was open to absolutely anyone.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Apple had previously drawn close to usurping Nvidia by market value earlier this month.
From MarketWatch β Jul. 27, 2026
By 1955, half of U.S. households owned a set, usurping radio as the nation’s primary entertainment hub.
From The Wall Street Journal β Apr. 24, 2026
Once Will joins the team, a “never meet your heroes” lesson ensues, since Jett feels like he’s usurping her position.
From Los Angeles Times β Feb. 12, 2026
Because birth rates around the globe have been on the decline for more than a decade, trends in pet primacy are regularly framed as usurping the rightful role of human children.
From Salon β Jun. 16, 2025
It would not do to make him feel as if his mother were usurping his place.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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