upheaval
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The upheaval at Fannie Mae adds to the already uncertain outlook for the housing market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
This school year also opens after months of leadership upheaval.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
That would be the strongest growth rate for the index since the second quarter of 2021, when reopenings from pandemic lockdowns and the resulting upheaval in the economy led to a 91.6% gain.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
The climactic end to the Scottish Premiership, coupled with the summer of football and managerial upheaval that followed, has made it somewhat easy to forget that Rangers finished last term third.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
We wind up with twenty-four kids, ages five to fourteen, and despite the low-key relational upheaval, it really is a lovely sight.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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She sees a nation that has endured wars, depressions and cultural upheavals, and she wonders what inner resources we must cultivate to endure what comes next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Later dubbed "quantitative easing", such upheavals included the 1980s savings and loan crisis, the first Gulf War, the Mexican peso crisis and - shortly after he had retired - the global credit crisis in 2008.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
"Ragtime," which explores the social and economic upheavals affecting non-white people in early 20th century America, received four awards, including Best Revival of a Musical.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
With a series of major upheavals in the past month alone, Roberts has signaled that he is shifting to a two-minute offense.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
The upheavals of the war deprived Kepler of much of his financial support, and the end of his life was spent fitfully, pleading for money and sponsors.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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