PITCHPOLING Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

pitchpoling

verb

present participle of pitchpole

as in tumping (over)

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The outfit played with the classic pattern by varying the size of the dots and inverting the color scheme.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of inverting

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That’s why 1,873,910 pounds of ballast were added to keep the construction equipment from toppling over.

— Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 6 Nov. 2026
Washington follows this pattern of behavior because sanctions alone rarely—if ever—make a problem disappear, such as by toppling the government responsible.

— S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of toppling

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Tech companies are turning over the couch cushions in their hunt for money to fund the AI buildout.

— Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2026
State prosecutors announced in July that the federal government had begun turning over evidence in the cases, including police body camera video and hard drives containing statements.

— Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of turning over

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In a time when peers such as the New York Dolls and Velvet Underground were upending rock and roll with glamour and arty disaffection, Television fulfilled the genre’s promises of both swaggering virtuosity and restless reinvention.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Jason Mast with another insightful look at how China’s policies are upending the global biotech industry.

— O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of upending

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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

Definition of capsizing

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Raskin says that impeaching a Cabinet secretary would be less likely to consume Congress's agenda or raise the same concerns about overturning the result of a presidential election.

— Nik Popli, Time, 2 Nov. 2026
The questions range from potentially overturning gun laws to repealing the legalization of marijuana to eliminating political party primaries.

— Digital Producer, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of overturning

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pitch (upon)

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