as in falling
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 toppling
On Wednesday evening, Venezuela was hit with its largest tremors in more than a century — toppling buildings and claiming more than 100 lives.
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Kasha Patel,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
In both cases, tornadoes about 200 yards wide traveled roughly 2 miles, toppling trees, tossing lawn furniture and knocking down power lines.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
Organizing your beddings into groups will also help prevent them from toppling over.
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Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
17 June 2026
Such pinches have been toppling financial firms for decades.
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Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
He’s drawn to attempting to achieve things that his predecessors could not, including seizing territory for the United States (Greenland, for sure, but maybe Canada, too) and toppling antagonistic regimes (Venezuela, Iran, possibly Cuba).
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Jonathan Lemire,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
An OpenAI reasoning model recently overturned a conjecture Paul Erdős posed in 1946, toppling an eighty-year assumption in combinatorial geometry by importing machinery from algebraic number theory — two fields with no obvious reason to meet.
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Christian Catalini,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
The Regis Jesuit Raiders captured the 5A state championship, toppling Arvada West 5-3 for their first crown in seven years.
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Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
The French giants will take some toppling and are 6/5 to win the game in 90 minutes.
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Graham Ruthven,
New York Times,
30 May 2026
Kasha Patel,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
In both cases, tornadoes about 200 yards wide traveled roughly 2 miles, toppling trees, tossing lawn furniture and knocking down power lines.
—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
Organizing your beddings into groups will also help prevent them from toppling over.
—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
17 June 2026
Such pinches have been toppling financial firms for decades.
—
Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
He’s drawn to attempting to achieve things that his predecessors could not, including seizing territory for the United States (Greenland, for sure, but maybe Canada, too) and toppling antagonistic regimes (Venezuela, Iran, possibly Cuba).
—
Jonathan Lemire,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
An OpenAI reasoning model recently overturned a conjecture Paul Erdős posed in 1946, toppling an eighty-year assumption in combinatorial geometry by importing machinery from algebraic number theory — two fields with no obvious reason to meet.
—
Christian Catalini,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
The Regis Jesuit Raiders captured the 5A state championship, toppling Arvada West 5-3 for their first crown in seven years.
—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
The French giants will take some toppling and are 6/5 to win the game in 90 minutes.
—
Graham Ruthven,
New York Times,
30 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toppling
Verb
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The aim is to prevent the level of pensions from falling and ward off the need for a big long-term increase of the levy employees pay into the pension system.
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Low temperatures will remain warm and humid, falling only into the upper 70s.
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Gane finished off Pereira in the second round to win the title on Sunday after sending him stumbling with a right jab followed by a hammer fist.
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But stumbling into a town with a visual landscape that still shows Guedes' thumbprint was a delight.
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Australia's Alessandro Circati was given a yellow card after tripping USA's Malik Tillman on the field.
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The ban prohibits any item that could obstruct lifeguard views, overcrowd the beach, create tripping hazards, or hinder emergency responders.
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There’s even a side pocket perfect for slipping a water bottle into.
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In my opinion, the perfect application is a shower, scrubbing your feet with an emery board of some kind, slipping on the booties, putting on socks, and parking yourself in front of Netflix for an hour before removing.
Verb
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News of their leaving sent Google’s shares tumbling more than 5% on Monday.
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That shows up clearly in the data, with UK goods exports tumbling relative to other major economies since 2016.
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“Toppling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toppling. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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