overturning

present participle of overturn

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Verb
  • Linda jumps into action, giving the tree a full-body hug to prevent it from collapsing on Drew.
    Tabitha Parent, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • At the time of the forecasts, demand for OPEC oil was collapsing, making a prediction of near-term weakness seem unavoidable, but the presumption that price increases were inevitable generated an assumption that markets would revert to the ‘normal’ trend beyond the foreseeable future.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Both came off of emotional conference championship performances with Texas losing the SEC championship game and Clemson upsetting SMU in the ACC title game.
    Kambui Bomani, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Failing to do so risks upsetting a leader with a short fuse and the power to sink a company’s stock or ignite a boycott with a single social media post.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • While toppling the old system was swift, overhauling it will take time — and the students and the technocrats now in charge may not have that luxury.
    Saif Hasnat Atul Loke, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The American Kennel Club (AKC) recommends tethering the tree to a hook to stop it from toppling and monitoring your dog to avoid pine needle ingestion.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • To qualify for relief, a reporting company must have a BOI reporting deadline falling within the period beginning one day before the date the specified disaster began - as indicated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) – and ending 90 days after that date.
    Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This morning, heavy rain is falling across San Francisco up to Sacramento – rainfall rates of 1 inch per hour are possible.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Those challenges — some already successful, others to be determined Monday — have fueled suggestions there’s a broader shift afoot aimed at upending a seniority system that’s generally guided the Democrats’ panel picks in recent decades.
    Mike Lillis, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The conceptual evolution is upending the old way of thinking, not just about entropy, but about the purpose of science and our role in the universe.
    Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Overturning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overturning. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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