usurp
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There is also the strained relationship with her friend-turned-stepmother Alicent, who helped usurp Rhaenyra’s throne.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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 ● May 13, 2026
Nancy suffered a fifth defeat in seven games since taking charge of the Scottish champions as Celtic missed the chance to usurp Hearts at the top of the table.
From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025
He drags Arthur into a war against Lancelot that fatally weakens the kingdom and allows Mordred to usurp the throne.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
“If I do not usurp myself, I am.”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
It usurps the previous record-holder, found in a 5,000-year-old Scandinavian mass grave associated with a possible plague epidemic.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021
Unrest swells in an African township when a government officer usurps power from a local policeman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2020
Humbly, she understood that death sometimes usurps small liberties.
From Slate ● 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 ● Aug. 16, 2019
In some ways, she thinks he usurps what should be her role.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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 ● 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 ● Apr. 15, 2026
The pre-Virgilian sources suggest that Dido’s brother, Pygmalion, killed her husband and usurped the throne.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Spain's Alcaraz finally usurped his rival at the top of the rankings in September, ending Sinner's 65-week stint by winning the final Grand Slam of 2025 in New York.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
And then chaos usurped with his animal junto.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Apple had previously drawn close to usurping Nvidia by market value earlier this month.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Instead he adopts St. Augustine’s anthropology and depicts the new seekers of the City of Man usurping the old believers in the City of God.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Penge also started the week with a chance of usurping McIlroy, but illness derailed his challenge.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025
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 ● 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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