Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tumped (over)
Verb
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The Coast Guard crew detained the person, who was turned over to Southport police for questioning, officials said.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
28 Sep. 2025 -
Mull fell forward and immediately turned over to his back after he was struck, with the handgun falling several feet in front of him, landing next to a pillar with a knife falling to his side.—
Nathaniel Percy,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That led to the Saints to overset the edge or overrun the ball carrier, creating huge cutback lanes.—
Lance Reisland,
cleveland,
23 Dec. 2022
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McGovern will often overset shaded defensive linemen, which opens up the inside move for defenders.—
John Owning,
Dallas News,
1 June 2020
Verb
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In 2018, Dixon was charged with simple assault stemming from unrest during the night when the Silent Sam statue at UNC was forcibly toppled by left-wing rioters, according to WRAL.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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The force of the water had toppled their refrigerator; the beds, their other furniture, their clothing floated around them.—
Michelle Boudin,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And Yoonchae Jeung’s knee-high boots and sweetheart neckline almost inverted the proportions of Sophia Laforteza’s structured dress.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Flight remains, but its meaning has inverted.—
Alaa Alqaisi
August 13,
Literary Hub,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Those journalists took stock of their communities, chronicling the recovery and talking to people whose lives and livelihoods were upended.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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The potential series will center on Violet Sorrengail, whose plans for a quiet life are upended when her mother, a military general, orders her to join the brutal Basgiath War College and become one of several hundred candidates vying to become dragon riders.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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After a back-and-forth in which Smollett was charged and cleared twice, the court proceedings and lawsuits were resolved with the actor's convictions being overturned by the state.—
Stephanie Wenger,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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Search and rescue teams recovered three bodies after a large wave overturned a fishing boat that was sheltering in a Cagayan port, PIA reported Tuesday.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Their vessel, Thelma, was capsized after being battered by the turbulent swells when the engine failed; 17 people were tossed overboard into the raging sea.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
22 Sep. 2025
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One day later, another incident occurred in the evening involving a whaleboat that caught fire and capsized near the province’s Lukolela territory, AP, Al Jazeera and Sky News said, citing Congo’s humanitarian affairs ministry.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For more than a century, scientists have documented how rising fossil fuel emissions increase heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, upsetting the natural balance and warming the planet.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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In a calmer state, your stress doesn’t come out sideways and upset your children.—
Juli Fraga,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Tumped (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumped%20%28over%29. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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