upend

Example Sentences

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If the court ultimately sides with Forrest, it could upend decades of defences by online platforms.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“Particularly when your disobedience threatens to upend how the business makes money. In Hollywood you can be an addict, be a philanderer, be outspoken. But don’t disrupt the cash flow.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 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

Cepeda, though, is likely to fall short of the 50% needed to win outright, triggering a high-stakes runoff on June 21—with some polls showing he would win and upend Colombian history.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 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