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At the same time, Lego is walking a tightrope: The company wants to innovate to compete for children’s attention with platforms like YouTube, Roblox and Minecraft, but doesn’t want technology to upstage its core offering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Experts aren’t too worried that SpaceX is going to upstage Anthropic and OpenAI.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

On the day of the event, she said, she and her friends weren’t there to provoke Kirk, or to upstage him.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2025

A few stories at this year's conference about her former leadership rivals seeking to upstage her may be the price Badenoch has to pay for getting her party noticed.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025

Harold embraced Gerry, making her face upstage, and the curtain came down.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Not one of them upstages Shakira, who’s playful or raw as each moment demands.

From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2024

Her bull-by-the-horns tenacity is seldom more evident than when she upstages Johnny Carson, a spotlight-grabbing moment that foreshadows her future career as a sports broadcaster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

The setting also nearly upstages the bird in a painting of a kestrel perched on a finial atop an ornate building.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2023

It's not often a taoiseach upstages a US president, but that's what happened last night.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2022

“You should’ve read the article. They say she’s done so much with her part. Even though her scenes are brief, she upstages Douglas Fairbanks!”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Having been upstaged by the arrival of ChatGPT in late 2022, Google has emerged as a pacesetter in generative AI since spring 2024 following recent advances.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Even beyond the supermarket, it was common to use checks at malls, big-box stores or gas stations until the early 2000s, when they were ultimately upstaged by credit and debit cards.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

The singers were mostly upstaged by the visuals; only Ying Fang broke through with a forthright, gorgeously sung Pamina.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

But she was upstaged on that front by Pratt, who has portrayed both her and Bass as part of a failed City Hall establishment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

At school, any interest in my disappearance for two weeks is upstaged by two much more exciting developments: Christmas is coming and Sammy has joined our class.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

And of course, guests must avoid upstaging the bride.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Nakai, 17, set the pace in the short programme on Tuesday, upstaging teammate Kaori Sakamoto, a three-time Olympic medallist.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

In the television studio, Norwegian sports legends rebuked him for upstaging his teammate who won gold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

The cake, it seemed, was upstaging the guest of honor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025

They work and party, hit marks and cut loose, follow directions and run wild; you see their technique, stamina, flubs, upstaging tricks and power moves, as well as their bloodshot eyes.

From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2022