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verb

past tense of upend

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of upended
Adjective
Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine disrupted steel supplies, upended supply chains, and sent costs soaring. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 More broadly, the sector at large has been radically upended. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026 Her notions of justice and the law — indeed, of her very sense of self — are then upended when she herself is assaulted by Julian (Daniel Ings), her colleague and boyfriend who comes from a relatively privileged background. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026 The category five storm tragically destroyed houses and upended lives throughout the Virgin Islands. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, bright but chaotic grad Pella’s life gets upended at a splashy wedding. — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026 In Omelet from the Other Side, ten-year-old Florence Fortescue’s life is disastrously upended when her parents move the family from an exciting city apartment to a boring farmhouse in the country. — Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026 This is half of what Maura wants people to understand; that there are people behind the statistics, that there are children who have grown up without a father and spouses who saw their life upended, never to be righted again. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026 Competing factions of the notorious Sinaloa cartel have been engaged in a bloody, almost two-year civil war that has left thousands dead and upended life in Culiacán and elsewhere in the state. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
The changing politics of immigration have also upended support for religious refugees. — Matthew Schmitz, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026 Major scandals involving Petrobras, the state oil company, and construction giants financed by the national development bank BNDES upended large deals that Brazil had secured across Latin America. — Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026 Later on, his quiet New Year’s celebration is similarly upended by a visit from his walrus buddy, Barnacle. — Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026 Expand Underlying the hundreds of years in prison are lives upended by alleged framing. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 Kristi McGuire remembered when the COVID-19 pandemic upended a trip that her son and Wilson were going to make to Europe in 2020. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026 And in nearby Burley, home to milk processing and fertilizer plants, Susan Rios' world has been upended by ICE's crackdown. — Kirk Siegler, NPR, 28 Sep. 2026 Delane quickly shed his block and upended Gordon for a 5-yard loss. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026 Their world is upended when an awkward city worker (Domhnall Gleeson) comes to uproot them. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for upended
Verb
  • Samuel, or Samuil in Bulgarian, was a warrior emperor who battled the Byzantine Empire to expand his kingdom but was ultimately defeated and died shortly afterward in 1014.
    — COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The 1995 Jayhawks went 10-2 and defeated UCLA 51-30 in the bowl game.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In the tents erected in Munich for Oktoberfest, the atmosphere can be intoxicating enough without the alcohol.
    — Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The blades were smaller then, the towers shorter, the whole apparatus closer to a windmill than the hulking machines erected today—the tallest of which exceed 300 meters, with rotor blades longer than a football field.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Sabres overcame a 3-2 deficit in a 4-3 home-opening win over Chicago on Saturday night.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The Broncos, meanwhile, overcame a Week 1 loss to remain competitive, but have fallen behind the Chiefs and Raiders in the AFC West.
    — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • During that time, the group raised thousands of dollars from the tobacco, gambling, and pharmaceutical industries, as detailed by a Washington Post report.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Born and raised in Callicoon, Doetsch returned to the area to retire after a career in Chicago.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The same approach beat three world champions at Barrage Stratego, a faster eight-piece variant of Stratego, mastered the cooperative card game Hanabi, and beat the best bots at the Chinese card game dou dizhu.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Boot season is officially here, and while numerous brands look to make the most of the seasonal shift, there are few labels that have mastered the mix of casual lifestyle appeal and functional outdoor capabilities like Timberland has.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The casing is consistent with the same caliber of weapon that Jones had in his possession when police took him into custody, a Fort Worth Police Department homicide unit detective wrote in an arrest warrant affidavit.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
  • This latest group of founders stands on the shoulders of giants from the noughties like Spotify, Klarna, and Skype, who themselves took inspiration from the postwar design empires of IKEA, H&M and Tetra Pak (modernizer of the milk carton).
    — Jan Larsson, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The clerk for the Eastern District of Missouri, which issued the federal ruling, said the court had not ordered agents to be dispatched.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
  • One hour after finding Hamilton dead, police were dispatched to a house near campus and found Strang dead.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In a single generation, energy drinks have conquered the beverage world.
    — Kent Sepkowitz, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The title hints that the film will follow Aegon the Conqueror, who, along with his sister-wives Visenya and Rhaenys, invaded Westeros and conquered most of the Seven Kingdoms with the help of their dragons, Balerion, Vhagar and Meraxes.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Upended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upended. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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