topsy-turvy
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At the end of a topsy-turvy Saturday that saw the Big Ten’s top contenders tumble, Trent Mosley stood just inside USC’s 15-yard line, looking skyward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
A topsy-turvy race started amid chaos as Max Verstappen crashed his Red Bull at high speed on a damp track at the end of the first lap, leading to a red flag.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
A competitive convention would have been a delightfully exotic twist to such a topsy-turvy campaign in Maine.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
The settlement comes after Avis’ stock surged earlier this year—at one point gaining some 560% year-to-date—before reversing course in a matter of days in a topsy-turvy short squeeze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Snow was falling in earnest now—big silent petals drifting through the springtime woods, white bouquets segueing into snowy dark: a nightmarish topsy-turvy land, something from a story book.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
It falls and overturns the second, which, in the same way, topsy-turvies the third; and so on, right to the end of the row.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
Something has turned her poor little mind topsy-turvies.
From Poor Miss Finch by Wilkie Collins
