Word: supplanting
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...again, circled, idled, wandered back and forth, wasting time, waiting. A tiny hole drained tiny drops from their gas tank. They came back to earth again 51 hours, 52 minutes, 24 seconds later, defeated by this tiny hole. They failed by half an hour and seven seconds to supplant the German world's record (TIME, Aug. 15) for endurance flying...
Mexican Scabs. Delegates from Arizona and California railed bitterly against the streams of Mexican immigrants which, not restricted by any U. S. quota law, flood the southwestern labor market and supplant union labor in times of strikes as far north as the Pennsylvania coal fields. Other delegates were less deeply perturbed by the Mexican "menace" and the convention voted only to urge the Mexican Government to restrict its emigration voluntarily...
Jones, a fast but very light quarter back, who has hitherto been obscured in scrub ranks is as yet very much of a dark horse. It seems doubtful, however, that he will be able to supplant his heavier and more experienced rivals. Brown, an end of experience and known worth, was shifted to quarter last week. He has shown up well in his few appearances in that position so far, but has too recently changed over to give any certain indications of his future development--By TIME...
...opposed in principle to accepting any ministry in the cabinet of a regime which they detest and hope to convert into a republic sooner or later observers thought last week that a coalition government headed by Tom Johnson, leader of the Labor Party, would have most chance to supplant President Cosgrave...
...editorial in "Liberty" which takes up the cause of natural expressions such as "He don't" and "It's me" as opposed to the stilted "He doesn't" and "It's I." "Ain't," the writer admits with a sigh, is gradually losing ground in its fight to supplant the awkward "am not" or "aren...