displace

Example Sentences

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Despite the green yard signs around town that read “Don’t Displace the South End,” the neighborhood is not against growth, said Gregory Davis, managing strategist of the Rainier Beach Action Coalition.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 2021

And it forms the subtext of the most important book on China in years: Rush Doshi’s “The Long Game: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2021

"Displace, displace�they got our position!" he yells, as the troops vacate the open rooftop in a stooped sprint.

From Time Magazine Archive

And of our power and authority thereby, Displace and Discharge you, the said Thomas Gilpin, from the place, Dignity, and office of Curate, Minister, or Priest in the said Chapell.

From The Annals of Willenhall by Hackwood, Frederick William

Be reasonable, and let wisdom's words Displace your passion, and give judgment vent Think more of bounty, and talk less of rights— Our hands are full of gifts, our hearts of love.

From Tecumseh : a Drama by Mair, Charles