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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New ecological environments were emerging with all of this upheaval.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
31 July 2025 -
This has been a year of unexpected upheaval for the drummers in The Who and Foo Fighters, both of whom were abruptly fired this spring despite — or, perhaps, because of — their formidable talents.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 July 2025
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On the one hand, as Tevye is fond of saying, the story unfolds in a hardscrabble shtetl in the Ukrainian plains in the months leading up to the Russian Empire’s abortive 1905 revolution.—
David Lyman,
The Enquirer,
25 July 2025
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No 1, Trafford joined the Vincent Kompany revolution at Burnley as one of a number of young signings tasked with taking on the Premier League after a historic Championship title-winning campaign.—
Matt Pyzdrowski,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
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On Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, a flurry of small earthquakes shook the Iliamna volcano on June 15.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
14 July 2025
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While much of America has moved past COVID-19, the pandemic that hit the industry like an earthquake continues to experience aftershocks.—
Alexander Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
13 July 2025
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This number approaches Trump's 34 percent approval rating before leaving office at the end of his first term, on the heels of the January 6 insurrection.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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Behar began, alluding to the 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
23 July 2025
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“Bouleversement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bouleversement. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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