shook up
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Before the iPhone, Apple shook up home computing with the 1984 Macintosh, whose icon-based interface and mouse made computing accessible beyond specialists -- and sparked a legendary rivalry between Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
City Councilmember Nithya Raman, a former Bass ally who shook up the field with her last-minute entry, polled at slightly more than 9%.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
"They shook up an industry that needed shaking up. There's no doubt about that, and I will always give them credit for that," said beer writer Melissa Cole.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
Lee said markets tend to bottom on bad news, flagging the viral AI doom post from Citrini Research that shook up investors at the start of the week.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026
Or maybe he had been so shook up he just couldn’t pay close enough attention.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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