upheaval
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As Egypt grapples with economic and political struggles amid regional upheaval, Attalah said there seemed to be a belief that "silencing the media is the solution to Egypt's problems".
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
More distant rocky objects can survive the initial upheaval, although gravitational disturbances may eventually tear some of them apart.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
The upheaval underscores how L.A. franchises have become billion-dollar assets in a high-stakes arms race, in which owners chase media money, luxury arenas and global clout as fiercely as championships.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Still, analysts aren’t convinced that the ad business is safe from agentic upheaval.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
But in the past year, he’d had more than his share of upheaval.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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"The asteroid impact had dramatic consequences for the environment. We have now found the genomic mechanism that connects these ecological upheavals to the subsequent rapid diversification of the ants: transposable elements," explains Lukas Schrader.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
She sees a nation that has endured wars, depressions and cultural upheavals, and she wonders what inner resources we must cultivate to endure what comes next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Later dubbed "quantitative easing", such upheavals included the 1980s savings and loan crisis, the first Gulf War, the Mexican peso crisis and - shortly after he had retired - the global credit crisis in 2008.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
"Ragtime," which explores the social and economic upheavals affecting non-white people in early 20th century America, received four awards, including Best Revival of a Musical.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
Everything is composed of webs and lattices and upheavals of sound and texture.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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