topple

“Dirty Harry” was condemned as racist and even fascist in its day; Dirty Marky paints a crowd-pleasing picture of how disregarding the rulebook could help topple the Ku Klux Klan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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

A cliff averaging one foot a year might actually not do anything dramatic for 20 years, and then a 20-foot collapse will abruptly topple in one go.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

I take a step and nearly topple down the steep incline.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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

The clash with Stanley that topples Blanche’s mind after Stella has gone into labor is just as freshly conceived.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025

"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

Every once in a while, a gust topples a glass or caravel, and there’s a loud crash.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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

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

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

With a thrust of Ayanna’s stick, the raft jerked forward and I toppled head over heels, landing in a pile of cloth.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

The Oceanside Harbor registered 98 on Sunday, toppling the record of 97 set in 1953.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

San Diego hit 100 degrees, toppling a record of 97 degrees set in 1987.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 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

Nobody has put their name forward yet, but if the leaders of Uefa, Concacaf, and AFC are serious about toppling Infantino, uniting behind a single candidate is likely their best option.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

With a cry of outrage, she pushed an astonished Sully into the shrubbery, toppling him all the way over.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness