upstage
Example Sentences
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During their first U.S. appearance, they shared a bill with Little Richard and the young guitarist he scolded for upstaging him, Jimi Hendrix.
From New York Times
The first duty of the job is to avoid upstaging the president, which means surrendering any political autonomy and never being out in front of the West Wing on any issue.
From Washington Post
And I think it’s safe to say that they got sort of upstaged by OpenAI.
From New York Times
From my seat in the orchestra, the acoustics in many scenes — which Kail often places upstage or on a catwalk high above — were frustratingly muddy.
From Washington Post
But he disagreed with the idea that his designs could ever upstage the art on display.
From New York Times
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