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That routine was upended when the Dodgers swept the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series, giving them a week off before the start of the World Series, the team’s longest break since February.

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Compare it with the way the self-described Tariff Man has gone from boasting about his power to upend global trade with punishing new duties to backing down as deadlines approach.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Friday that he will suspend an anti-tariff ad campaign that upended Canada’s trade talks with the U.S.

The movie is so simple that a two-and-a-half-minute trailer essentially tells the whole story, complete with a strong suggestion about the nature of the event that upends things due to the “betrayal” it reveals.

Bank Indonesia held its benchmark seven-day reverse repo rate at 4.75% on Wednesday, upending the expectations of six of seven economists polled by The Wall Street Journal.

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