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In an industry where guerrilla tactics pay off, Kahn upstarted the upstarts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Instantly upstarted Lyubim Tsarevich, put on his armour, and leapt upon his steed.

From The Russian Garland being Russian Folk Tales by Rosciszewski, J. R. de

Further inside the heart of the city upstarted the intoxications of sin and the terrible beggars with their maimed children.

From Memories of Hawthorne by Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne

After this fashion the Moslems ceased not dashing forwards, one after one, and the Franks to unhorse them and take them captive, till day departed and the night with darkness upstarted.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Then labor came next, and the conflict began With monsters and beasts famed in song; And heroes upstarted, as rulers of man, And the weak sought the aid of the strong.

From The Poems of Schiller — Third period by Schiller, Friedrich