upended
Example Sentences
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Record heat withered crops, strained businesses and upended everyday life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Attacks by Iran on Qatar’s production network have upended that supply.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026
Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic upended the world, experts in California say the disease appears to be becoming more of a summer rather than a winter phenomenon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Perched on the upended boat, he watched as passengers struggled to survive, unable to save them.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
I thought of his fiancee and wondered what it meant to see the future upended with no explanation.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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