upheaval
Example Sentences
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The past several years have left BP investors, employees and competitors marveling at how much upheaval one company—already subject to the forces of a volatile sector—can produce from within.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Despite the upheaval, the colonies did not collapse.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
For many of the students, the fire followed the upheaval of the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
But his policies have triggered bitter upheaval, with workers and Indigenous people taking to the streets in protest.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
The year of Chopin’s final concert, 1848, was one of huge political upheaval across Europe; it was a year of revolutions.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing upheaval
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