usurp

Project 222 is what he and his team call it - 222 seconds being what he needs to target to usurp a mark that has stood for 27 years.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

But I was just trying to find a way for Jonesy and Cookie to play — we weren’t thinking about trying to usurp Johnny or anything like that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

Nancy suffered a fifth defeat in seven games since taking charge of the Scottish champions as Celtic missed the chance to usurp Hearts at the top of the table.

From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025

He drags Arthur into a war against Lancelot that fatally weakens the kingdom and allows Mordred to usurp the throne.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

“Which gives the Erudite and the Allegiant a common goal: to usurp Evelyn.”

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

A clairvoyant slowly usurps the estate of a distinguished Viennese family by selling them her dreams.

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

For one, outsourcing art selections to company execs usurps the role of museum curators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2022

Humbly, she understood that death sometimes usurps small liberties.

From Slate ● May 16, 2020

A man whose dreams can alter reality falls under the sway of a psychiatrist, who usurps this power to conjure his own vision of a perfect world, with unfortunate results.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2018

In some ways, she thinks he usurps what should be her role.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Gemini 2.5 Pro, released in March 2025, and Gemini 3.0 Pro, released in November 2025, enjoyed brief stints at the frontier until Anthropic’s Claude models usurped them, Schwarz said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

A collection of trade groups representing banks and credit unions quickly sued, arguing it usurped banks’ rights under federal law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Ultimately, society’s ingrained fear of missing out on making money will be usurped by the fear of losing money.

From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026

The first of Shakespeare's history plays, Richard II sees the unlikeable and corrupt king be usurped by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke who goes on to become Henry IV.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025

But by halfway through the fifth century BC—again, not long before Gorgias arrived—its judicial function had mostly been usurped by the Heliaea,** which was open to absolutely anyone.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Misinterpreting his ghostly prophecy—“Macbeth shall never vanquished be until / Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill / Shall come against him”—the usurping Scottish king believed his reign was secure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Apple had previously drawn close to usurping Nvidia by market value earlier this month.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

However, they still ended the 2023-24 season as champions, usurping Manchester City on goal difference on the final day.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026

Because birth rates around the globe have been on the decline for more than a decade, trends in pet primacy are regularly framed as usurping the rightful role of human children.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2025

It would not do to make him feel as if his mother were usurping his place.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin