as in to usurp
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Chinese leaders just haven’t marshaled the diplomatic and military muscle—still less the political will—to usurp America’s position as the world’s premier power.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
6 July 2025 -
Season 2, after all, found Demi attempting to usurp Taylor Frankie Paul as the face of MomTok, trying (and failing) to turn the other women against her.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
3 July 2025
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The Observer suggests Raynor Winn embezzled tens of thousands from her former employer Martin Hemmings' family-run business.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Hoboken’s former director of Health and Human Services was sentenced to two years in federal prison for embezzling and tax fraud, prosecutors announced Tuesday.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2025
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Yemen’s war began when the Houthis seized Sanaa in 2014.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
10 July 2025
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One media entrepreneur has already seized part of the Fyre opportunity.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
10 July 2025
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The email went out before any public statement from the White House, suggesting an internal misstep that preempted a formal rollout of the nominees.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
4 July 2025
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Williams ruled that the law was likely preempted by federal immigration authority.—
Jim Saunders,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
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In fiscal year 2024 and 2025, Congress appropriated $3.3 billion and $3.1 billion, respectively.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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The state has appropriated upward of $2 billion in recovery funds, which could accelerate if the Trump administration follows through on plans to phase out FEMA.—
Scott Cohn,
CNBC,
10 July 2025
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Disagreement exists on whether excess SEEK funds were misused and if KDE's diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts were ineffective.—
Krista Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
10 July 2025
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As The Chronicle of Higher Education reported, the study reportedly misused NIH data and led to the firing of one of Lasker’s co-authors.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
9 July 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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Politicians exist to spend, and Congress arrogated to itself what was left over after existing Social Security recipients were paid.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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From 2022 through 2024, law enforcement officials in California confiscated 139,017 guns used in crimes with identifiable serial numbers, according to the DOJ’s crime guns report.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
12 July 2025
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No charges have been pressed against Stone, but her family said her phone was confiscated.—
Joey Safchik,
NBC news,
10 July 2025
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“Peculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculate. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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