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upheaval

[uhp-hee-vuhl] / ʌpˈhi vəl /


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The latest AI upheaval comes after a healthy run-up in August following July's rout, which had been fuelled by worries about returns on the vast sums invested in the sector as well as extended valuations.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

The upheaval comes at a sensitive time, as the firm is in the middle of a major leadership transition.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

The governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, is expected to be asked about this bond market upheaval when he is questioned by the Treasury Committee of MPs later on Tuesday.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

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

Harry has a lot of ideas about changes to this and that, but really, no one in the village wants upheaval, even if it might benefit them.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

However, market upheavals like this are exactly when independent traders who shift oil, natural gas and metals around the world and are willing to take the risks get to reap giant profits.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Later dubbed "quantitative easing", such upheavals included the 1980s savings and loan crisis, the first Gulf War, the Mexican peso crisis and - shortly after he had retired - the global credit crisis in 2008.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Still, Fratzscher said that Germany had undergone economic upheavals before, and urged politicians and companies to try to ensure the economy emerges stronger.

From Barron's May 17, 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

This opinion has been held all the more in our own times because of the enormous upheavals that have been observed and are being observed every day—events beyond human conjecture.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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