shook up

The rise of prestige television and streaming shook up the established hierarchy.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

“It’s a little bit semantic sometimes, like I know some people consider Ridgecrest a doublet, and some people don’t,” Lozos said, referring to the 2019 earthquake sequence that shook up L.A. from the Mojave Desert.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Launched in 2016, Jio shook up India's telecom sector with low-cost mobile data plans, soon racking up millions of users.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Last year, the bank shook up its management, with Gonzalo Luchetti named chief financial officer to replace Mark Mason, and simplified its structure to five core businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 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

It follows the publication of a government white paper on gambling in April, which shook-up the sector.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023

“Girls will be boys/and boys will be girls,” he sang, before emphasizing “it’s a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world/except for Lola.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2020

However, protests that erupted after the horrific event shook-up the government on the issue of women safety and forced it to come up with stricter new anti-rape laws.

From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2013

But where U.S. beats glorify unwashedness, shook-up Soviet youth flaunts foppish clothes as the badge of their individualism.

From Time Magazine Archive

The words were bubbling out now, fizzing like a shook-up soda.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine