upend
Example Sentences
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"It would be incredible if we all knew and understood it as a truth. That might upend some things in society, but that's not that bad given how polarised the world is right now."
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
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
With 25 lots currently in its portfolio, four homes completed and two sold, Ocean Development offers a counterpoint to the narrative that investors will inevitably upend the character that made Altadena so beloved.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 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
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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