PITCHPOLED Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

pitchpoled

verb

past tense of pitchpole

as in inverted

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The aides arranged press junkets, invented sources, and planted stories that brazenly inverted popular views.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
To-go containers were stored with the food contact surface facing up; containers were inverted.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of inverted

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State legislators also introduced the Innovative School District program in 2016, which allowed low-performing public schools to be turned over to an outside group, such as a charter school operator.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2026
This was after Chief Compounce, the former owner of the land, drowned himself in the lake the day before the land was turned over to developers.

— Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of turned over

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His daughter's husband, who drank heavily, toppled off his boat and drowned.

— Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026
Zak’s performance on Friday was quite nice for Wauconda, which toppled previously unbeaten Grayslake North 48-14 in a Northern Lake County Conference game.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of toppled

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Still, some families said a return to school brings back a familiar sense of routine that was upended by war.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
With this offensive, the Houthis have shattered a status quo along the coast, upended a truce that had largely held since 2022, and set the stage for further consolidation of their control of the north.

— April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026

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