as in upheaval
a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)
the bouleversement in the print media since the rise of the Internet
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The canons dismantled during the Theory incursion of the 1970s and ’80s introduced a more inclusive world of letters, even as the upheaval left English departments fragmented.—
Eric Bulson,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2025 -
The upheaval left Martin Luther King, Jr., who had stood alongside Johnson at the signing of the Voting Rights Act, feeling shaken.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei − rising through the ranks Khamenei was a close ally of Iran's first supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the figure who led the country's 1979 revolution that overthrew Pahlavi and founded Iran's Islamic Republic.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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But he was also raised in the backdrop of the revolution that never really came.—
Michael Schaub,
Oc Register,
19 June 2025
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Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map.—
William B. Davis,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Like an earthquake, the tectonic plates connecting the culture and the industry have shifted — and hip-hop may never be the same.—
Touré,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2025
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All of these acts of insurrection reveal a nation unbowed in the face of violent oppression.—
Nuri Kino,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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Mass deportations, the politicization of our military and the use of the military as props to create the suggestion of insurrection are classic authoritarian techniques to take over governments.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2025
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“Bouleversement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bouleversement. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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