as in to usurp
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Opponents said the bill would usurp the ability of local governments to approve and fund policies that their citizens want and would create a new path to discriminate and silence minorities.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
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But streaming has usurped DVR use as a way to watch TV after the fact and is now the path to big audiences for network shows.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Mar. 2026
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What happened Pope Leo XIV last month accepted the resignation of Bishop Emanuel Shaleta, leader of the Chaldean Catholic community in San Diego, the Vatican announced Tuesday, a day after Shaleta pleaded not guilty to embezzling $270,000 from his parish.—
Peter Weber,
TheWeek,
11 Mar. 2026
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State prosecutors say Lauwers allegedly embezzled $35,200 during her time as the Yale Chamber of Commerce treasurer from 2019 to 2025.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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The game was largely back and forth after halftime, until the Jayhawks seized momentum late.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
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Other analysts, though, are more sanguine, reckoning that the allies can instead simply seize Iranian oil tankers.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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The abrupt closure of an art show at the University of North Texas last month may have happened to preempt backlash around the show’s political nature, text messages between school administrators obtained through a records request by The Dallas Morning News revealed.—
Uwa Ede-Osifo,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Mar. 2026
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The exemption could also preempt state antitrust claims, which would likely hold up in court.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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But, as with many artists whose music has been appropriated by the Administration, the White House has faced pushback, including from video game fans as well as some developers, over its use of gaming memes and references to promote its policies.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Salesman was a story about a woman attacked as a metaphor for a blindsided country, the director brilliantly re-appropriating the ultimate American drama Death of a Salesman to make the point.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Mar. 2026
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Environmental laws should protect our natural areas and not be misused to stop housing in our city cores.—
Matt Mahan,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Many are concerned that there is insufficient understanding of how to ensure it cannot be misused by bad actors or nudged to go rogue.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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But all of those ideas for spending or tax rebates, again, all of those are congressional authority that the president is arrogating to himself—something else that would have startled the founders of the country all those 250 years ago.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
31 Dec. 2025
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Like Mao and Deng before him, Xi Jinping has arrogated to himself great power.—
JOSEPH TORIGIAN,
Foreign Affairs,
23 June 2025
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Prison staff shall confiscate all free-of-charge social accommodations currently in use.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Mar. 2026
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Desert Diamond Arena may confiscate items that could cause danger or disruption or are in breach of building policies.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Peculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculate. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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