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(The three are clearly modelled on Bukharin, Zinoviev and Kamenev, the prominent Bolshevik leaders whom Stalin supplanted and executed).

Background information for George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four 1949

It seems that at one time he even thought of abdicating in favour of his son rather than "see the Prussian title supplanted [73]."

The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) John Holland Rose 1898

A cunning expression supplanted the anger that had shown so plainly upon his face but a moment before.

The Mad King 1914

A cunning expression supplanted the anger that had shown so plainly upon his face but a moment before.

The Mad King Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912

IMHO, Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" supplanted "MacArthur Park" as the most dreadful pop song ever.

Hillary's Campaign Song Originally Written For...Air Canada Ad 2009

In the brave new world, "high risk, high return" supplanted "no pain, no gain" as the guiding maxim.

Tom Doctoroff: The Mind of Chinese Men: the Anxiety of Disorientation 2008

"We'll scramble down here, Jacob," he said to his broncho, -- so named by Brown, for that he had "supplanted" in Kalman's affection his first pony, the pinto.

The Foreigner A Tale of Saskatchewan Ralph Connor 1898

KUWAIT CITY - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned that Iran is "moving toward a military dictatorship", saying the top posts in the country are being "supplanted".

Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010

KUWAIT CITY - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned that Iran is "moving toward a military dictatorship", saying the top posts in the country are being "supplanted".

Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010

Yesterday, she told a student audience in Qatar that those leaders are being "supplanted" by the Republican Guard Corps, which has played a key role in suppressing anti-government protests since June.

BusinessWeek.com -- 2010