topple
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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
Six others tried and failed to topple her.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
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
Dr. Schillinger went to distract Mr. Hirsch while Chaim shook his head, a move I thought might topple him over.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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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
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
"It is not like a pencil balancing on its end that when touched topples over."
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2024
You look so shocked when a dog topples your precious kid over!
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
And then, she topples over like a tree cut down wif an axe.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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On Saturday, the 53-year-old toppled to the side while performing his popular track “Jolene” in front of a sold-out,crowd at Ryman Auditorium, according to recorded fan footage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Dozens of young people congregated at Nepal's burnt-out parliament building on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of deadly anti-corruption protests that toppled the former government.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
At the end of January, Storm Kristin toppled thousands of electricity and telecom poles across central Portugal, cutting power and communications to hundreds of thousands of people - some for weeks.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Boats have toppled pilings, and hard landings have cracked sterns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
There were plants to prop up that had toppled over in the wind, weeds to pull, strawberries to nibble, and a huge bunch of bananas just green enough to pick.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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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
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
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
Long-standing heat records have been toppling throughout the summer.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Once or twice she nodded, almost toppling into the water.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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