capsizes

present tense third-person singular of capsize

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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 insight reportedly overturns a paradigm established nearly two centuries ago by popular British mathematician Lord Kelvin’s brother, James Thompson, who at the time proposed that pressure and friction contribute to ice melting alongside temperature.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 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
  • This complex and emotionally charged process, driven by a maze of legacy systems and human bottlenecks, collapses precisely when people need it most.
    Anant Agarwal, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • As Stahl said, anytime there’s a reckless driver, the emergency pipeline collapses and knocks out water flow to the entire area.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 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
  • Oregon rises after beating Oklahoma State by 66, while Clemson falls after trailing Troy at halftime before a 27-16 win.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Raising systemic issues and then resolving them with humor falls flat for this critic.
    Beandrea July, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Capsizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capsizes. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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