as in falls
to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily
the tower of blocks toppled even though I bumped into it ever so slightly
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Recent Examples of topples
Byron Nelson topples Guyer, evens series Byron Nelson defeated Denton Guyer 2-1 to even the two squads’ Class 6A Division II regional final series at Byron Nelson High School.
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
Weiss took the recent Iranian protests seriously, asking staff during one morning call if the new round of protests could be the wave that topples the regime, leading to skepticism from some journalists in London.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Nvidia’s sales of the computing chips powering the artificial intelligence craze surged beyond the lofty bar set by stock market analysts, a performance that may ease recent jitters about a Big Tech boom turning into a bust that topples the world’s most valuable company.
—Austin American Statesman, 19 Nov. 2025
Note that if Bieber topples critical and commercial giants with an Album of the Year win for SWAG, Dijon also claims one.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
Weiss took the recent Iranian protests seriously, asking staff during one morning call if the new round of protests could be the wave that topples the regime, leading to skepticism from some journalists in London.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Nvidia’s sales of the computing chips powering the artificial intelligence craze surged beyond the lofty bar set by stock market analysts, a performance that may ease recent jitters about a Big Tech boom turning into a bust that topples the world’s most valuable company.
—Austin American Statesman, 19 Nov. 2025
Note that if Bieber topples critical and commercial giants with an Album of the Year win for SWAG, Dijon also claims one.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for topples
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And as if managing the spotlight and headlines weren’t enough, Austin trips and falls right in front of Diego Cruz, his attractive, flirty rival.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
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But the proud born-again evangelical is channeling the zeal of an old-fashioned tent revival, even if some of his rhetoric falls far outside the bounds of the Good Book.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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The first robot stumbles on aluminum debris, its wheels furiously trying to get traction and move around the obstacle.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Roher and co-writer Robert Ramsay craft a classically structured screenplay about a talented piano tuner who stumbles into a life of crime, upon which Roher, editor Greg O’Bryant, and composer Will Bates embroider jazzy rhythms and inflections, inspired by the musical world our characters inhabit.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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The film, which is set to bow in Un Certain Regard on May 21, tumbles through tones, swerving through pitch-black humor, empathy, fury and larger-than-life moments.—
William Earl,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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The flagellar bundle falls apart, and the cell tumbles.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Apr. 2026
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Dinner slips down a treat with a glass or two of Babylonstoren’s wine or a cyder flight.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Talk to your doctor about the memory slips and ask for guidance on how to remedy or cope with them.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
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Brown has four championships as an assistant and seven Finals trips overall.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
1 June 2026
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Humanoids, meanwhile, are still far from being useful in most homes and pose physical danger to people with limited mobility if the robot trips and falls.—
Matt O’Brien,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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“Topples.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/topples. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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