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topple

[top-uhl] / ˈtɒp əl /


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The question was whether a large-scale attack would work and possibly topple the regime.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

A Nobel Prize-winning academic economist, Sargent helped topple the original Keynesian model of inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Even a toddler would know that the pen would topple over.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Another flaw: “soft-story” buildings, where the ground floor is flimsier than the upper floors, making it easier for it to topple in a quake.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2026

He added the page he was holding to a pile behind him that looked ready to topple.

From "George" by Alex Gino

A Silicon Valley enclave topples Miami island as the most expensive U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

“Ninety-five percent of the building, the structure is sound and intact…There is no way that this corner of a small extension all of a sudden topples this building.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

It topples over, it knocks the next one over and the next one over, and it all goes really quickly.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2023

You look so shocked when a dog topples your precious kid over!

From Seattle Times Jun. 18, 2023

The creature topples over, a flailing arm sending a pyramid of golden apples spilling to the dirt.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Four years later, veteran Bay Area Rep. Mike Honda was toppled by fellow Democrat Ro Khanna, now viewed as a potential 2028 presidential candidate.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Like others in the regime, Luka seemingly vanished overnight in December 2024 when Assad was toppled, leaving a trail of unanswered questions and demands for justice that many fear will never be realised.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

No meter is safe, it seems, especially not the one that was toppled over and left wedged between the pharmacy and an S&L.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Hasina's virtual meeting with reporters at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Delhi was her first meeting with the media since she was toppled after 15 years in power.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

For miles it was either entirely barren or covered in the spindly trunks of dead trees, a few still weakly standing but most toppled.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

As the models from Anthropic and OpenAI keep toppling brutal problems, they have done something no less improbable: They have turned me into a math person.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

She is already the highest-rated woman in England, and the sight of her toppling much older and more experienced men and women has become the norm.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

And this show is really about seeing the rebellion of young teenage girls and how they are sort of key to the inside resistance of toppling this regime.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

In one of his first television interviews after taking power, Sharaa said he remembered Abu Omar when he entered Damascus victorious after toppling Assad in December 2024.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

"Thief!" the secretary shrieked, nearly toppling off the stool as she grabbed her notebook.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin




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