upend
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Residents had challenged the evictions in the Delhi High Court, arguing that moving so far from their jobs, schools and communities would upend their lives.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
After all, it only takes one bad hurricane in the wrong spot to totally upend loss trends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
False charges of AI cheating can tarnish academic records or upend career prospects of students.
From Barron's ● 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
Her mouth watered instantly; it had been so long since she had tasted something sweet that she wanted to upend the entire jar into her mouth.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
And in the high-fashion world, model Gabbriette Bechtel embodies the edginess of contemporary Latina Goth looks, one that upends vintage Chicana beauty conventions by pushing them into a more avant-garde space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
“It’s kind of an investment that you can’t really get to without either borrowing against it or selling, which then upends your life. For me, it just doesn’t feel like it’s liquid enough.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Whether the Lucas Museum upends the art world may depend less on whether other museums adopt its philosophy than on whether audiences embrace the connections it attempts to draw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
A terrible accident on a country-club golf course upends the life of an ambitious young player.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Trust him to cling to the surfboard as it upends in the froth of the latest wave.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Airbus kept to its target of delivering a record 870 commercial aircraft this year, beating the 863 it handed over to airlines in 2019 before the Covid pandemic upended the industry.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Western traditions of symmetry and notions of linear time are upended.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The rally in consumer staples also upended a longstanding market dynamic.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Only 2022 and 2023 were profitable following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which also upended energy markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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
Throughout Europe, the arrival of these Chinese brands is upending long-established players almost overnight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 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
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
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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