upheaval
Example Sentences
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And there could be more departures on the way, adding to the upheaval.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Some AI insiders have seen that threshold as a potential marker of danger and enormous societal upheaval.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
He took power after months of political upheaval triggered by his predecessor's declaration of martial law.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
The lack of upheaval supports the theory England had their best players in Australia, they just got the approach all wrong.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
An even more drastic linguistic upheaval must have swept over tropical Southeast Asia to the south of China—in Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Peninsular Malaysia.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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