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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One media entrepreneur has already seized part of the Fyre opportunity.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
10 July 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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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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As our connectivity increases, so do our visibility and susceptibility to individuals seeking to compromise our accounts and appropriate our identities.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Two of the five federal programs put on hold were appropriated by Congress to help support English proficiency of students still learning the language and migrant children who move with their parents to follow agricultural and other jobs.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Fortune,
3 July 2025
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Karlovy Vary is famous for not being precious about its honorary awards; each year’s trailer features a previous winner trash-talking, misusing or even destroying the event’s distinctive Crystal Globe statuette.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
5 July 2025
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Fireworks are beautiful to watch, but can be deadly if misused.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
3 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 18 Jul. 2025.
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