topple

The so-called doomers’ assertion that AI might decide to wipe out all of humanity—or even “just” topple human civilization—is contingent on it achieving a pace of development not yet seen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

European football looks like an outlier, struggling to gain enough support to topple him.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

NHK aired footage from elsewhere in the southwestern Kumamoto region on Kyushu island showing several blazes, damaged bridges, a derailed cargo train and a number of houses threatening to topple over.

From Barron's ● 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

He was afraid she was going to topple.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

At another dance, he gets his spurs entangled in his partner’s skirts and topples to the floor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 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

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

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2023

She scrabbles across the floor and leaps onto Walter, licking his face and wagging so hard she topples backward.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

At the end of September, in fact, a powerful nor’easter toppled a huge tree on my property, thankfully missing my house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

That figure toppled the number of cases reported in all of 2025, and some public health experts believe it may be an undercount.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

But the August 26 disaster also came just ahead of the anniversary of last year's September 8-9 youth-driven anti-corruption protests that toppled the previous government.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

Aparcedo and her family spent three years in a shelter following the floods before being relocated to a public housing project — which toppled in the June earthquake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

She hugged Uncle Jet, who almost toppled over with all the grocery bags.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Saturday's celebrations mark the 115th anniversary of the toppling of China's Qing dynasty and the subsequent founding of the Republic of China.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

In 1977, Dundee went head-to-head with Jerry Lawler at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, toppling “The King” and taking $2,000 of Lawler’s own money.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

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

They took the capital unopposed after a lightning offensive that swept across Afghanistan, toppling government forces in the wake of the chaotic withdrawal of US-led troops.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer