Example Sentences

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White says the UFC faced a number of logistical issues in preparing for the event, but the biggest challenge was usurping the Sphere.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2024

The man who was usurping his name was merely his heir.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2022

The all-devouring composer was usurping the poet’s function as the mouthpiece of humanity’s primal myths.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 11, 2016

Like Gen. Grant, he was bewildered and helpless m dealing with a government that was usurping his powers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Partly, he wished to requite old Archbishop Magrath, who was usurping the two sees, for having dealt badly with him touching divers leases and lands.

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)