upend
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A return to attacks and renewed uncertainty surrounding vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz threatened to upend the June 17 cease-fire agreement between the U.S. and Iran on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Some have been exploring a small deal that could upend the rules, though they are worried about political backlash if they try.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Lau argued that Congress could not have intended to give individual border agents such vast discretion to upend the lives of green-card holders.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
“The Commission’s actions threaten to upend decades of settled law and practice and chill critical protected speech, both with respect to The View and more broadly,” KTRK-TV said in the filing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Her mouth watered instantly; it had been so long since she had tasted something sweet that she wanted to upend the entire jar into her mouth.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
The move upends a period of relative calm in economic relations between the U.S. and EU, whose annual two-way trade relationship is worth roughly $1.5 trillion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
Oil demand is also set to contract by 80,000 barrels a day this year, “as Iran war upends our global outlook,” it added.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
The cold spell upends what had actually been a tepid winter, which along with rising Appalachia and Permian gas production, has driven what’s still a 32% decline in natural gas prices from their December peak.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 20, 2026
Villarreal: We see in the film that, at the height of their stardom, Claire suffers a tragic accident and it upends their world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
The assistant director picks up the bag and unties its throat and upends a wrapped bundle into his palm.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Volkswagen’s traditional business model of developing cars in Germany to sell around the world has been upended by rising costs in Europe, new tariffs in the U.S., and the emergence of globally competitive Chinese technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
July 4 fell during a record-breaking heat wave that upended the parades, block parties and barbecues that traditionally mark Independence Day.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
"Our colleagues are plugging gaps, doing the impossible, working too many hours to back-fill, are experiencing burnout and ill health and have their private lives upended," Mr Kelly said.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
The age of streaming has upended the idea that a producer of media needs its own distribution network.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
In time the wall resembled a lunar landscape upended, pockmarked with fist-sized craters.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Forces — some visible, some harder to see — are upending literature and education itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Do that enough, and climate change could be curtailed without upending the world as we know it.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
His grandfather had fled their village in 1948 to avoid being conscripted in the civil war that was upending millions of lives.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Surging demand from data centers, mostly driven by artificial intelligence, is upending the power-generation and utilities business.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
It is a tower that stands tall and upending like a good soldier, for nearly four hundred years, not wobbling or falling down.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
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