upend
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It explains why smart, humble and even paranoid leaders aren’t immune to being blindsided, and it feels especially relevant now as AI threatens to upend many business models, while quantum computing awaits us all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
New Apple CEO John Ternus may want to watch his back, because Meta Platforms is making a play to upend the smartphone giant’s ecosystem, analysts say.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
They were often, by this point, already convinced something big was coming that would upend our social order, if not our entire understanding of the world.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
They are still hurting, still missing the loved ones they lost, and they must surely be forever on alert for similar devastations that could come and upend their lives again.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Who had, for reasons still unclear, decided to upend the poor McCulloughs’ lives.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
Jennifer Cowan, chief executive of Connections for Children, an agency that helps Westside and South Bay families navigate child-care options and subsidies, said losing spots upends family routines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
"It really upends a theory that says that symbolic rule induction is not possible without linguistic capacities," says Kean.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
Getting divorced later in life often upends retirement plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
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
A wild stretch for the market has upended the way many investors view a commodity long considered a stable store of value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The party, held in the Rendezvous Hotel, was hosted by BGC Group, a U.S.-listed brokerage who has seen its fortunes boom since the Iran war upended global energy markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The extreme heat has been linked to tens of thousands of excess deaths across Europe, upended daily life for millions in ill-adapted regions and disrupted the economy through drought and low river levels.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Attacks by Iran on Qatar’s production network have upended that supply.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026
I’m up to my waist in the creek, slabs of broken ice upended around me.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
His acknowledgements cite the help of OpenAI models and says that he welcomes any questions about the role of AI, which is upending his entire field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
A record-breaking El Nino will likely force the world's top chefs to rethink their menus ahead of droughts, floods and heatwaves upending global food systems.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Ford made their name with the micro-indie, micro-focused “Test Pattern,” an act of upending as it dissected an interracial relationship’s fault lines in a moment of crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Life has a way of upending even the best financial plans.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
“It was a laugh!” said Ron, upending a ketchup bottle over his sausages.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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