upended
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The Phillies have upended a century of baseball lineup wisdom by putting their slugger in the leadoff spot and batting their contact hitter cleanup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The party, held in the Rendezvous Hotel, was hosted by BGC Group, a U.S.-listed brokerage who has seen its fortunes boom since the Iran war upended global energy markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Attacks by Iran on Qatar’s production network have upended that supply.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 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 when it was upended in a dish of mercury, there was no air to replace the mercury in the tube.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
