trumped

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But German economist Joachim Klement has trumped Paul with a complex forecast model which has kept a 100% record of predicting the World Cup winner since 2014.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

That’s an overstatement, as is the later claim that for Pericles “cold logic and science trumped religion.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

“Everything that came with posting trumped my safety and well being,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Yet eventually the spectacle trumped the substance and his revolution was undone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Three days later President Eisenhower trumped the state, federalizing the states guard and sending in US Army troops to escort the nine through the school’s doors.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly