capsizes

present tense third-person singular of capsize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of capsizes When a violent storm nearly capsizes them, the family awakes in a desert land. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capsizes
Verb
  • The new work overturns that picture.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The decision overturns a ruling by a lower-court judge in 2023 who had declared the law unconstitutional after previously blocking it from taking effect in 2021.
    Reuters, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Multiply that across millions of users and intellectual diversity collapses.
    Eric Markowitz, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
  • And after the Republic collapses, the empire continues to exist for another 500 years.
    Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • What upsets me the most about that is that people believe it.
    Katherine Dillinger, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This upsets David and leads to a backstage father-son confrontation.
    Rob Reiner, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • What are the primary economic risks a country faces when its birth rate falls below replacement level for an extended period?
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The dress has an A-line silhouette with a skater skirt that falls around the knees (depending on your height, of course).
    Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Capsizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capsizes. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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