as in to fall
to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily
the tower of blocks toppled even though I bumped into it ever so slightly
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Recent Examples of topple
The quake hit midday Friday, toppling thousands of buildings, collapsing bridges and buckling roads.
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Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2025
Friction points: Scioto Grove toppled Walnut Woods' tall pines in one of the competition's closer matchups, while Pickerington Ponds narrowly edged out Homestead in Hilliard.
—Andrew King, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
What To Know Initial reports described buildings toppled and casualties unknown, with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) warning that between 10,000 and 100,000 people could have died.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
Control tower at Myanmar airport collapsed Satellite photos from Planet Labs PBC analyzed by the AP show the earthquake toppled the air traffic control tower at Naypyitaw International Airport as if sheered from its base.
—Time, 29 Mar. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2025
Friction points: Scioto Grove toppled Walnut Woods' tall pines in one of the competition's closer matchups, while Pickerington Ponds narrowly edged out Homestead in Hilliard.
—Andrew King, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
What To Know Initial reports described buildings toppled and casualties unknown, with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) warning that between 10,000 and 100,000 people could have died.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
Control tower at Myanmar airport collapsed Satellite photos from Planet Labs PBC analyzed by the AP show the earthquake toppled the air traffic control tower at Naypyitaw International Airport as if sheered from its base.
—Time, 29 Mar. 2025
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And bond market yields fall by about 150 basis points (1.5 percentage points).11 The Fed Fed Chair Powell says the Fed is waiting for the softening survey data to translate into hard data before moving toward lower interest rates.—
Robert Barone,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The one year anniversary of the album’s release, fell on the date of Billboard Women in Music Awards, where Adell commemorated the date among various women in the industry, such as Doechii.—
Taylor Crumpton,
Essence,
14 Apr. 2025
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Woman Makes 'Creepy' Find In Thrift Store By Alice Gibbs Senior Life and Trends Reporter Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member news article 0 A thrift store shopper from Scotland stumbled on something unexpected in her local store when a beautiful glass paperweight caught her eye.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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Contractors renovating a historic home in Belgium stumbled upon the entrance to a secret tunnel identified by archaeologists as an escape route from World War I.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
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To drag their 13-3 record to that depth, the Padres would have to fall apart and trip over themselves numerous other times.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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While the elites were busy tripping over themselves to dismiss his campaign, President Trump was busy shining a light on the issues that matter to everyday Americans.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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The JLab Go Air Sport earbuds pound with bass and never slip mid-workout.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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Parham, a former Methodist married to a woman from a Quaker family, had come to Kansas from Iowa, after touring holiness camps and talking with global missionaries, some of whom told him about seeing recent converts slip into trances and speak in tongues.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Prices for Canadian imports tumbled 1.5% while goods from Mexico were 0.3% cheaper.—
Lucia Mutikani,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2025
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Stocks tumbled Wednesday after Nvidia warned new U.S. restrictions on exports to China will chisel billions of dollars off its results, with market losses accelerating after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautioned about the economic risks from President Trump's tariffs.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Topple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topple. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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