as in to usurp
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Thankfully this judge, unlike Congress, is unwilling to allow his power to be usurped freely without a fight.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025 -
The door remains open, albeit slightly, for the Blue Jackets to run the table and somehow usurp the Canadiens to enter the playoffs.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Alexei Smirnov, former governor of Russia's Kursk region, was arrested Wednesday on charges of embezzling millions of rubles earmarked for anti-tank defenses that reportedly failed due to substandard construction.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Eric Borghetti, 51, of Chelmsford, has been charged with five counts of embezzlement by a fiduciary for allegedly embezzling $328,500 from a family member.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
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These results suggest that media-savvy Democrats who seize this moment to call out Trump and the MAGA agenda could put themselves in a strong position to become the next leader of the Democratic Party.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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No law in this country permits the president to seize federal funds and to just keep them until an institution complies with his personal will.—
Destinee Adams,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2025
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So, eligibility rules in college sports can be challenged on antitrust grounds and there’s no CBA that preempts those claims.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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Apparently, using the two ingredients in tandem can cause irritation, but that hasn’t been the case for me—in fact, the moisturizer seems to preempt the drying that can sometimes occur with retinol.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2025
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The company says that at every turn, the studio appropriated and misused their intellectual property to profit at the creators’ expense.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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Congress appropriated money to CDC specifically to support oral health programs, and some congressional staffers say the agency must distribute those funds no matter who is running the HHS or CDC.—
Kasturi Pananjady,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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He was impeached by the state House in 2023 but acquitted by the state Senate after he was accused of misusing his office to benefit a real estate developer.—
Jonathan Easley,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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Yet bioethicists, privacy experts and national security experts warn that genetic information can also be misused in dangerous ways.—
Abigail Dubiniecki,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Disney arrogates those traits, skills, and experiences, essentially using modern female ideals to challenge traditional masculine ideals.—
Armond White,
National Review,
4 Dec. 2024
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Back before the federal government arrogated to itself an outsize role as financier of college education, the Wayne States of the world were where ambitious people who didn’t have a lot of money, who wanted to save money on college, or both, got their degrees.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
12 Oct. 2024
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Then, in 2010, the bank where the chips were stored confiscated the chips after opening the deposit box.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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The animals were confiscated and given to multiple wildlife agencies for care, according to the post.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Peculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculate. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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