topple
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A Nobel Prize-winning academic economist, Sargent helped topple the original Keynesian model of inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Six others tried and failed to topple her.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 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
All I could do was hope I had chosen a lucky spot where lightning wouldn’t strike, where no tree would topple down.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
Like others in the regime, Luka seemingly vanished overnight in December 2024 when Assad was toppled, leaving a trail of unanswered questions and demands for justice that many fear will never be realised.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 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
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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
San Diego hit 100 degrees, toppling a record of 97 set in 1987.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 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
Trey leans as he lunges, toppling him off-balance.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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