upend
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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
Now, would-be disrupter Light Helmets is writing a playbook that could upend the marketing of this rapidly evolving product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 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
The label said the collection sought to upend "traditional notions of chic" and rework historical silhouettes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
In a moment, she might decide to upend the raft and send both her and Max tumbling into the water.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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
There are signs of China’s growing influence as the AI boom upends the status quo.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 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
Now he opens the bag and upends its contents onto his palm.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
The renewed rebellion upended a four-year truce that seemed to have settled the 2020-22 Tigrayan war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
As the book moves across history and demonstrates how the internet has completely upended the binary, they also show what hasn’t changed about the way fans relate to their favorites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Phillies have upended a century of baseball lineup wisdom by putting their slugger in the leadoff spot and batting their contact hitter cleanup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 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
Carefully we slid my coat under the overturned basket, then upended it.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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
The return of great-power competition is upending global institutions and reshaping the world economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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
Or when that social worker had escorted him to his empty apartment to pack up a small bag of things, upending his life as yours had been upended, as mine had too.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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