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Back in March, Kerr had announced a plan dubbed Project 222, an audacious promise to slice 2.22 seconds off his personal best and topple the record, held since 1999 by Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 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

The mate saw one of the oldest trees in the grove topple, groaning, branches grasping at its neighbors as if they could stop it from falling.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Plus, AI topples a 80 year-old math problem, the Brockmans sit for an interview and physical AI gets its due.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 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

Instead of a gallant two-footed landing on the stage, Booth topples heavily from the state box and lands awkwardly.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

Youth-led protests in Bangladesh in 2024 toppled the government of Sheikh Hasina and led to her ouster.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 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

Some fans told the BBC there was potential for a crush outside Saturday's Scotland v Haiti fixture and reported barriers being toppled by the mass of fans.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

In essence, decades of market confidence that the U.S. would guarantee the free flow of energy and other commodities from the Persian Gulf has been toppled, said Bob McNally, president of Rapidan Energy Group.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026

Nan yelled and motioned to a toppled chair and a pile of pink fabric, winced, and grabbed her ribs.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

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

However, the primaries will define those head-to-head races to come and better inform the odds of Democrats toppling Republican incumbents, experts said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

These fancy Mets are built to win now, to make a serious run at toppling the extravagant Dodgers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

“Those operational achievements that we had during the campaign actually did not accumulate into a strategic gain of toppling the regime or of depriving it of strategic capabilities.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

Mama has to grab Baba’s arm to keep him from toppling down the steps as he reels, then stares at me in horror.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray