topsy-turvy
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It was the most topsy-turvy day that college football has ever seen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
The old order and the connotations of each medium had gone post-modern and topsy-turvy.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
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
“I saw something I liked this morning, and I meant to tell it at dinner, but I forgot,” said Beth, putting Jo’s topsy-turvy basket in order as she talked.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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
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