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He upended the bicycle to fix its flat tire.
I upended the bucket to use as a stool.
The security inspector upended my bag and dumped everything out.
A giant wave upended the surfers.
The midfielder was upended before he got the ball.
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Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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For months, the movement had been accelerating and expanding, damaging homes, cracking roadways and upending life across the Portuguese Bend area.
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Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
The lawsuit could upend the process of awarding Virginia's 12 electoral votes to Harris.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
Its lyrics dabble in and dart out of classic rap tropes; braggadocio has its situational benefits, but so does investigating and upending the inequities and insecurities that draw the behavior out.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
For months, the movement had been accelerating and expanding, damaging homes, cracking roadways and upending life across the Portuguese Bend area.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Upend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upend. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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upend
verb
up·end
ˌə-ˈpend 
: to set, stand, or rise on end
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