topples

verb

present tense third-person singular of topple
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 In 2003 the United States topples Hussein and delivers him to his executioners. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026 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. — 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
  1. falls
  2. stumbles
  3. tumbles
  4. slips
  5. trips
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  • Vessel traffic falls Hoffman cautioned that falling vessel traffic could eventually force producers to reduce output if storage fills up because crude can no longer be exported.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 14 July 2026
  • If payrolls rise and unemployment falls, the labor market is declared strong.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Definition of falls
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  • Yet things truly take a turn one day after Miguel stumbles upon a boy, Felipe (Yago Andreu), chained beneath the old water tank near the witch’s old, run-down house.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 July 2026
  • In the first, a quick history tour revisits how bad Minions have been in their quest to find villains to serve, until one group lands in 1920s Hollywood and stumbles into stardom.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 7 July 2026
Definition of stumbles
Verb
  • The glowing ribbon of the Milky Way tumbles directly through this cosmic triangle before arcing towards the southern horizon, though its diffuse light will be hidden behind a veil of moonlight on the night of the full moon.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 July 2026
  • Then the wisdom tumbles like Milk Duds fresh from the concessionaire.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of tumbles
Verb
  • The dress slips on and has no zippers or buttons for a crisp, clean look.
    — Kaitlin Gates, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2026
  • Zverev slips The top two seeds appeared perfectly matched until Zverev earned his first break point of the match at 3-3 in the third set — 2 hours and 42 minutes in.
    — Andrew Dampf, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Definition of slips
Verb
  • Santa Ana, the country's tallest volcano), horseback rides along the black sand, and trips out along the Ruta de las Flores.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026
  • Powerful superconducting magnets could also provide a solution to the problem of cancer-causing cosmic radiation that explorers will encounter during stays on the moon or trips deeper into space.
    — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of trips

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