topsy-turvy
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At the end of a topsy-turvy Saturday that saw the Big Ten’s top contenders tumble, Trent Mosley stood just inside USC’s 15-yard line, looking skyward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
A competitive convention would have been a delightfully exotic twist to such a topsy-turvy campaign in Maine.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
The topsy-turvy nature of the contest continued in the final set, but it was Gauff who was able to raise her level when it mattered.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Amazon also got a topsy-turvy reaction to its earnings.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
It blew topsy-turvy in an eastward direction, borne by fate and the prevailing winds toward the wide, unforgiving sea.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
It falls and overturns the second, which, in the same way, topsy-turvies the third; and so on, right to the end of the row.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
Something has turned her poor little mind topsy-turvies.
From Poor Miss Finch by Wilkie Collins
