topple

Six others tried and failed to topple her.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

James is every ambitious director threatening to topple this town in a narcissistic quest to create the ultimate special effects epic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Big banks have a hiring dilemma: Deploying AI to automate the rote tasks of junior employees has boosted productivity, but executives are reluctant to topple the field’s apprenticeship-style career ladder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

Her party has exercised major influence in a fragmented Congress that has helped topple several presidents.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

However massive, they were ready to topple if you pushed them the wrong way.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

“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

Anyone who’s seen Abela’s work in HBO’s excellent finance drama “Industry” — which, in my opinion, topples "Succession" — knows she has the varied skillset of any great actor.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2025

But after a brush with death — a bookshelf she’s assembling topples on her — she’s inspired to take more action.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024

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

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2023

The world topples around me, and I’m suddenly staring at the room from the floor.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

They notified coastal managers, and two days later, at about 5 a.m., more than 200 tons of the cliff toppled onto the beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

According to his official website, Khamenei first met the founder of the republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, decades before the 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled US-backed shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

In an abysmal opening day for home hopes, 10 British players - including Cameron Norrie, the highest ranked Briton - quickly toppled out of the tournament.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

In Germany, a democratic revolution toppled the monarchy in 1918, bringing into existence the fragile Weimar Republic, which communists in Moscow hoped would soon succumb to a communist revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Muffinshire Lane was whirling like a top, but the children hugged her so hard she could not have toppled over again if she wanted to, which, naturally, she did not.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

President Ahmed al-Sharaa has been rebooting Syria's international credentials and seeking to revive his struggling country after toppling longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

In December 2006, thousands of Ethiopian troops invaded Somalia under the cover of American drones with the aim of toppling the courts just six months after they had taken over.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

Footage shows one of the pad's lightning protection towers toppling in the aftermath.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

Such toppling energy may be necessary for Ionesco’s vision to spontaneously ignite into antic life.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

Beside them the hovercage shook violently, almost toppling the container from its air cushion.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer