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Recent Examples of trump
Does that desire to be on the field for offseason activities trump his financial motivations at the end of the day?
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Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2026
But there has been an effort in the California Legislature to make sure that quantity does not trump quality.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Schelling says honesty and openness trump awkwardness or evasion.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
If power politics is allowed to trump the Genocide Convention, the damage will not be confined to Gaza.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
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Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2026
But there has been an effort in the California Legislature to make sure that quantity does not trump quality.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Schelling says honesty and openness trump awkwardness or evasion.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
If power politics is allowed to trump the Genocide Convention, the damage will not be confined to Gaza.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trump
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The long and painful rehab would have interfered with his writing; the dread of leaving behind an incomplete manuscript outweighed the benefit of a few extra months.—
Griffin Dunne,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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The off-market transaction underscores a broader reality of today’s ultra-luxury market, where control of land increasingly outweighs the ambition of what might be built upon it.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
18 June 2026
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Not great neighbors So far, however, data centers’ benefits are overshadowed by more visible harms.—
Rachel Mural,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
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Normal moments for a mother and daughter, but ones often overshadowed by the sobering realities of life with a child with SYNGAP1.—
Anna Spoerre,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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And the resounding manner of Burnham’s win – comprehensively defeating Reform weeks after Labour was routed in local elections – gives him considerable momentum too.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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Scotland, which defeated Haiti 1-0 on the same field last Friday, likely would need to beat or draw Brazil in its group-stage finale in Miami to qualify for the Round of 32.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
20 June 2026
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The low budget horror phenomenon grossed another $19 million at North American theaters—its fourth week in a row outperforming its box office debut.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Pritchard, a longtime teacher and deputy to county supervisors, received significant support in the district’s rural areas and narrowly outperformed Vega in Woodland precincts, county data show.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
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The Bulldogs fell behind 3-0 in the first and could not overcome the early deficit thanks to the efforts of OU starting pitcher Xander Mercurius’ 7 1/3 quality innings pitched.—
Hunter DeLauder,
AJC.com,
16 June 2026
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Chasing atomic limits To overcome that challenge, the KAIST team relied on first-principles calculations, a computational approach that predicts material behavior using the laws of physics rather than experimental data.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
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Gil was just a spectator on the play, with no chance to best the save.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
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This was a record turnaround among SpaceX launches from Space Coast launch pads at 2 hours and 54 minutes besting October’s double launch that saw a Falcon 9 launch at CCSFS just eight hours, 42 minutes after a Falcon Heavy launch at KSC.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2026
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“Trump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trump. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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