Democracy was trumped by secularism.
Yet, there were times when pride was trumped by worry.
That piece of fan correspondence, however awesome, was trumped by Phelps's from the president.
As it turned out, American self-interest was trumped by global embrace.
"Whatever morality I should have been feeling was trumped by the thrill," he told me.
In 1995, Mike Piazza hit.346 but was trumped by Tony Gwynn's.368 average.
But the court held that the publisher's right to ban imports was trumped by Mr. Kirtsaeng's right of first sale.
This week, Arcelor's offer was trumped by a friendly bid of €3.5 billion ($4.1 billion) by Germany's ThyssenKrupp.
Taken up by Hollywood and popular culture, Stevenson the artist was trumped by Stevenson the popular entertainer.
As Remain's economic case was trumped by Leave's use of the immigration card, both sides called each other liars.
So it was that the weekend was trumped by the team finishing their mountain stage, not the ones starting it.
