upend
Example Sentences
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A pair of new books, though, suggest that the overall shift was only so modest, ultimately shoring up not just the old-school studio system but the social norms the interlopers were supposed to be upending.
From Los Angeles Times
The artificial-intelligence trade is upending the long-standing pecking order of Big Tech valuations as investors hunt for the next big winners and losers.
From MarketWatch
Eteri Tutberidze upended the last Winter Games with her trio of Russian teenagers with a terrifying technical arsenal of quadruple jumps.
Meanwhile, Lucy’s life is upended when she is expelled from school; but years later, and not without making another questionable choice, she is finally free from his torment.
From Los Angeles Times
The disappearance of small farms has carried steep consequences for rural America, upending the transfer of wealth—long attached to the land—between generations.
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