upend
Example Sentences
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Many smaller technology-company IPOs have been pushed off in 2026, as fears about how AI will upend the software industry have sent investors running.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Helping drive the sector down is the fear that privately held artificial intelligence pioneers Anthropic and OpenAI will upend many companies offering business-to-business software products.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
And of course pollutants get trapped in the atmosphere, causing global heating and climate change that threatens to upend all life on the planet.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
They and others hope these early decisions could upend how social media giants approach child safety and rewrite the rules of engagement for their youngest users.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
Occasionally I have to help, but mostly I watch with detachment as they upend themselves in the mud, digging and weeding, clay stains on the knees of their pants.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
