as in to usurp
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Anthony held the No. 1 spot in Baseball America's previous rankings but was usurped by Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki, who recently signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025 -
By using these authorities to address a longstanding policy problem, Trump is usurping the role that the Constitution assigns to Congress.—
Elizabeth Goitein,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
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Convicted last May on three counts of embezzling funds from his gallery’s bankruptcy estate, Chrismas will report to prison on February 17, according to the New York Times.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
14 Jan. 2025
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Two years later, Mr. Low was indicted by the Justice Department on charges of embezzling billions of dollars from 1MBD, Malaysia’s investment development fund, and for using some of this money to make his own investments, including his share of the Park Lane Hotel.—
Eric Lipton,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2024
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Around 700,000 Israeli settlers live among 2.7 million Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, land Israel seized in the 1967 Middle East war.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
23 Jan. 2025
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Yemen's Houthi rebels announced on Wednesday the release of the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a commercial vessel seized in November 2023 during their campaign in the Red Sea.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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While the plaintiffs alleged that Virginia’s law was preempted by federal law and violated the Dormant Commerce Clause, such arguments were rejected by the court, which consequently ruled that the 2018 Farm Bill didn’t preempt Virginia’s regulations.—
Dario Sabaghi,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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On Friday, President Joe Biden extended Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of migrants from Venezuela and other countries as a bid to preempt Trump from jeopardizing the benefit.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Laken Riley bill doesn't appropriate new funding.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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The song, which critiques Hollywood’s exploitation of Black culture and the entertainment industry’s negative portrayals of Black people, has been appropriated by some social media users as a celebratory anthem for the destruction.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
10 Jan. 2025
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Prosecutors alleged that the funds were initially returned to Pakistan by British authorities in 2022 to be deposited into the national treasury but were misused.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Detractors believe Biden has misused his executive power and hope the incoming administration will roll back the president’s actions.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 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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Back before the federal government arrogated to itself an outsize role as financier of college education, the Wayne States of the world were where ambitious people who didn’t have a lot of money, who wanted to save money on college, or both, got their degrees.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
12 Oct. 2024
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His service items, including his badge and firearm, were also confiscated.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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We were interrogated, the contents of our suitcase was kind of picked through and things were confiscated.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Peculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculate. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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