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Yet in some ways the president - and Congress, for that matter - had been upstaged only four days before.

He often upstaged the candidate during the final days of the campaign.

The blossoms will have to get used to being upstaged.

But no one should expect him to upstage the boss.

My brother I hate has come back from the dead to upstage me.

Sometimes we might talk about upstaging even if it is not in the theatre.

They must not ever upstage the lady of the house or the chief executive's wife.

In some ways the band was upstaged by the opening act: itself.

"Everybody wanted to be the star, so I just decided to upstage them all and take my clothes off."

The show became notorious for their efforts to upstage each other.

Then in the budget debate he was upstaged by a dog.

And each building can be easily taken away whenever upstaged by time or nature.

His aim is to upstage the rest of the cast.

The Portuguese arrived around 1498 and were upstaged by 1545.

And much of the time, she was easily upstaged by her dancers.

This time round, in other words, the paint upstages the subject matter.

"That is a terrible example of how to upstage another actor."

His objective was to be complete but "never upstage the subject."

And the only thing capable of upstaging the water is the boats.

There is no one around who could possibly upstage the Boss.

The original entrance will remain in use but may be upstaged.

In that sense she may have been upstaged by her own striking beauty.

She loved to upstage others in her quest to become a star.

This hearing was his show and Megan had upstaged him.

The designer upstaged not only the singers, but also the director.

Once Valentine has disappeared, the townsfolk turn upstage, waving more excitedly than ever.

What is fascinating for a playwright like myself, who was reared in a theater in which an actor's "process" - the search for motivation and character - is a primary part of rehearsals, is to watch Mr. Abbott's actors accept direction such as "Why don't you gesture here" or "Look at him and turn upstage there."