upheaval
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The premiere was the first ratings report card for the program since a major upheaval that occurred behind the scenes under CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
The latest AI upheaval comes after a healthy run-up in August following July's rout, which had been fuelled by worries about returns on the vast sums invested in the sector as well as extended valuations.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
The upheaval comes at a sensitive time, as the firm is in the middle of a major leadership transition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Obano's departure will cause Bath more front-row upheaval.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
That was the period when divine good humor and the hidden forces of human nature acted with impunity to provoke a state of emergency and upheaval in the laws of physics and logic.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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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
Still, Fratzscher said that Germany had undergone economic upheavals before, and urged politicians and companies to try to ensure the economy emerges stronger.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
With a series of major upheavals in the past month alone, Roberts has signaled that he is shifting to a two-minute offense.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
The emirate, now home to some 240,000 Britons, represented a place to start afresh, far from the rising costs, political upheavals and overbearing class system back home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
In fact, Lord Asriel had done nothing of the sort, but Jordan College was rich, and the Master had money of his own, even after the recent upheavals.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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