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upheaval

[uhp-hee-vuhl] / ʌpˈhi vəl /


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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

"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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