upend
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The situation was just one of many recent signs that LIV simply no longer has the money it once spent so freely to upend the sport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Others at the town hall, however, expressed fury that the two remaining ranching families were now trying to upend the deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Lovers and ex-guerrillas Derlis Aizama and Daniel Paredes recently laid down arms to start a family, but Colombia's incoming hard-right administration might upend their improbable attempt at civilian life.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
People retiring in reasonably good health “fail to account for how steeply healthcare expenses can climb in their late 70s and 80s. Long-term care alone can upend even a well-funded retirement plan,” Cox said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Occasionally I have to help, but mostly I watch with detachment as they upend themselves in the mud, digging and weeding, clay stains on the knees of their pants.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Jennifer Cowan, chief executive of Connections for Children, an agency that helps Westside and South Bay families navigate child-care options and subsidies, said losing spots upends family routines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
"It really upends a theory that says that symbolic rule induction is not possible without linguistic capacities," says Kean.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
As AI upends the traditional consulting career ladder, the company brought nearly 1,000 interns to its sprawling Orlando campus for exercises in communication, judgment, people skills and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The cold spell upends what had actually been a tepid winter, which along with rising Appalachia and Permian gas production, has driven what’s still a 32% decline in natural gas prices from their December peak.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 20, 2026
The Gefreiter drags a padlocked sack from beneath his table, unthreads a chain from its throat, and upends it onto a velvet-lined tray.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
The surge in the Magnificent Seven upended that thinking, according to researchers at Acadian Asset Management.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The celebrity gossip blogger became as famous as the stars he covered before social media upended his business model.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
But whatever price structure it chooses could be upended if and when the large language model providers change their own pricing strategies.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
With no end in sight, the war has for months upended the lives of people across the Middle East and rattled global energy markets.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Rug pulled out from the coffee table, vases upended in a puddle of water, broken plate slivers and lemon cake scattered everywhere.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
Life has a way of upending even the best financial plans.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
The sudden breakthrough suggests that China's tech prowess is rapidly narrowing the capabilities gap, upending long-held assumptions in the West that Chinese developers trail their American peers.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Forces — some visible, some harder to see — are upending literature and education itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Do that enough, and climate change could be curtailed without upending the world as we know it.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
“I hope you are staying out of trouble, jeremie,” said Sister Claire, upending a chair to dust the bottom, and looking at me suspiciously.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
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