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Before the iPhone, Apple shook up home computing with the 1984 Macintosh, whose icon-based interface and mouse made computing accessible beyond specialists -- and sparked a legendary rivalry between Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

City Councilmember Nithya Raman, a former Bass ally who shook up the field with her last-minute entry, polled at slightly more than 9%.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Lee said markets tend to bottom on bad news, flagging the viral AI doom post from Citrini Research that shook up investors at the start of the week.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

If you think of late-career Elvis Presley as only a plump and gaudy Las Vegas crooner slinging schlock in the 1970s, you’re about to get all shook up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Then I look at the Grasshopper piece, remembering how Styx Malone shook up our world, and how he finally got his happy ending.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon




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