upheaval
Example Sentences
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Amid this upheaval, he wanted to be sure that his son, Septimius, inherited the wisdom of the ancient Greeks—but doubted whether Septimius would have the patience to wade through a vast corpus of 1,000-year-old works.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
And there could be more departures on the way, adding to the upheaval.
From Los Angeles Times • 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
The broadband market has already been experiencing upheaval as wireless companies — AT&T included — push fixed wireless access, or FWA, a technology that uses spare mobile capacity to provide customers with home internet service.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
Blinking, Sefia leaned on the side of the crate for support, digging the heel of her hand into the splintered edge, as if the pain would distract her from the upheaval inside her.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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