upheaval
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Nathalie Tolentino was a hostess whose family came to the U.S. to escape political upheaval in Peru.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Obano's departure will cause Bath more front-row upheaval.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
WTI futures gained about 1.4% for the month, while Brent crude futures, which historically react more deeply to geopolitical upheaval, gained about 3%.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Houston’s recording starts a cappella—Costner pushed for this opening—and builds slowly and surely to a volcanic upheaval.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Starting in the 1980s, the Soviet Union was facing economic and political upheaval.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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It has survived wars and upheavals, but the famed handwoven Kashmir carpet industry is now battling a steady decline as younger generations abandon the painstaking craft.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
There are cameos from the economist Ben Bernanke, Elon Musk and the PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, plus meditations on business, the environment and technology, and episodes that cover a range of 21st-century upheavals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
With a series of major upheavals in the past month alone, Roberts has signaled that he is shifting to a two-minute offense.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
The wave of demonstrations marked some of the most dramatic upheavals in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, which installed the clerical system led by a Supreme Leader.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
They were ripples in the landscape, faint echoes of vast upheavals elsewhere.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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