as in to usurp
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Wing-backs James McClean and Ryan Barnett were first choice for much of the campaign before January arrival Ryan Longman eventually usurped Barnett down the right flank.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
9 May 2025 -
After years of gradually usurping many forms of legacy media, podcasts are set to get their flowers on one of Hollywood’s biggest nights.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 May 2025
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Over a one year period starting in February 2023, federal prosecutors alleged that Ozer embezzled over $210,000 meant for Safehaven, an upcoming supernatural thriller backed by Ravenwood Productions.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
7 May 2025
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Santos made the grave error of not just lying about his background to voters — which while unethical and unsavory is not a crime — but embezzling donor funds for personal expenses and lying to Congress, among other things, which are chargeable offenses that have now resulted in his conviction.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2025
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The White House, with Vice President JD Vance’s experience in tech, should seize this moment to build a national AI strategy that does not leave the workers behind.—
Lynn Forester de Rothschild,
Time,
11 May 2025
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This time, the case moved forward alongside multiple simultaneous investigations and cases in other states, and in 2018, the federal government seized Backpage and it was taken down.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
11 May 2025
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Duffy opened the press conference by calling President Donald Trump and placing him on speakerphone — only for Trump to preempt the announcement by unveiling the plan.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
8 May 2025
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However, Brailsford wrote in court documents that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed on their claim that federal law preempts Idaho’s state law on immigration enforcement.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Apr. 2025
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It was appropriated $1.2 billion in fiscal year 2024.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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Washington should appropriate at least twice as much funding.—
MICHAEL BROWN,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Lawmakers emphasized that the bill responds to mounting evidence of psychological and reputational harm experienced by victims, particularly women and minors, whose images have been misused.—
Hannah Parry
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Trump has misused the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, to claim that authority for himself, the lawsuit asserts.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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Trump arrogated to himself the authority to impose sweeping tariffs on the entire world, a power that properly belongs to Congress, and has caused turmoil throughout the economy; many economic indicators are now pointing in the wrong direction.—
The Editors,
National Review,
29 Apr. 2025
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Disney arrogates those traits, skills, and experiences, essentially using modern female ideals to challenge traditional masculine ideals.—
Armond White,
National Review,
4 Dec. 2024
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But white farmers are being brutally killed, and their land is being confiscated in South Africa.—
Shannon K. Kingston,
ABC News,
13 May 2025
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Our families could be dishonored in public, our personal memories confiscated for storage inside the Criminal Archives.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
13 May 2025
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“Peculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculate. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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