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The goalkeeper, who has usurped Danny Ward as number one, pushed away Billing's stinging drive and also kept out Dominic Solanke's low shot with a sharp stop.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2023

His prescriptions and interventions become increasingly invasive and odd until it becomes clear to the employees that he has usurped control and no one is coming to stop him.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2023

That has usurped the monthly jobs report as Wall Street's most-watched economic indicator, he said.

From Reuters • Jan. 17, 2023

Critics say the change has usurped parents' right to make medical decisions for their children and has punished people who lack easy and affordable access to health care.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2022

Dilettantism is universal, and a smattering of erudition, infinitely more offensive than honest and manly ignorance, has usurped the place which was formerly occupied by genuine and liberal learning.

From Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography by Russell, George William Erskine