PITCHPOLING Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

pitchpoling

verb

present participle of pitchpole

as in tumping (over)

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Digital exports are becoming national strategy across the developing world, and competition among nations is inverting—from offering the cheapest hours to cultivating the most AI-fluent minds.

— Hammad Ali Nasir, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Letting the cake cool for 15 minutes before inverting gives it time to firm up while allowing the edges to contract slightly from the sides of the pan.

— Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of inverting

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The event began more than a century ago following a tempestuous season of shenanigans (like turning over outhouses and letting cows loose down Main Street); the city’s leaders decided to keep residents occupied every October from then on.

— Michelle Mastro, Midwest Living, 9 Oct. 2026
Detectives seized the home’s surveillance system, which showed a man named Jiajia Fan assigning customers to the women, collecting payment and turning over the money to a courier, Pinner wrote.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

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Adrift Buendía Estudios Canarias, Boomerang TV, Atresmedia Five fishermen, who are presumed dead, return home two years later, upending the lives their wives had rebuilt without them.

— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
This is important to me, because as much as these tech companies claim to be upending everything with AI and claiming extraordinarily special privileges as a result, there is still legal gravity constraining them.

— James Folta, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

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The rip currents and massive surf are capable of capsizing small boats, knocking people off jetties and pulling swimmers out to sea.

— Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Prosecutors said Hernandez piloted the boat into a swell and had accelerated the throttle to try to pass through it until the swell swamped the bow of the boat, capsizing it immediately, a complaint alleged.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

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Three previous attempts to evict the 87-year-old were denied by the courts, but in March, the Supreme Court ruled against her, overturning a January 2022 decision in her favor.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
As well as overturning the 2024 standards, the EPA is proposing to roll back its authority to regulate climate pollution from power plants.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

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pitchpoling

pitch (upon)

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