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[uhp-end] / ʌpˈɛnd /








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More broadly, the misery for software and cybersecurity stocks, which have been laggards all year due to concerns about how AI could upend those industries, continued Wednesday.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

It’s a question of what do we do about these smaller disasters that can still upend people’s lives, can still cause millions of dollars of damage that states have to deal with, but aren’t catastrophes.

From Slate • May 21, 2026

Little has changed for buyers and sellers, despite rules introduced in 2024 designed to finally upend the traditional 6% real-estate commission model.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

The mere prospect of coercive control, disruption or selective access would upend the balance of technological power.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

They would upend the Mona Lisa investigation—and they would change the course of modern art.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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