Thesaurus results for UPHEAVALS

upheavals

noun

plural of upheaval

as in revolutions

a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order) the government can no longer control the social upheaval brought about by the collapse of the country's economy

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Recent Examples of upheavals The cyclical reality awaiting ‘naive capital’ Allianz is far from the only insurer to have prospered through recent upheavals. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 July 2026 Not every government will experience Ethiopia’s dramatic upheavals. — Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Earth-impacting shrapnel from those primordial upheavals may have helped seed our planet with the precursors for life, delivering water and organic compounds from the dark, icy depths of the outer solar system. — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 June 2026 Miniature upheavals by the courthouse steps. — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026 Along with similar four-year deals — longer than the industry three — ratified in recent weeks by unions representing writers and actors, the DGA agreement adds to the likelihood of long-term labor peace despite many other industry upheavals. — ABC News, 9 June 2026 The rule, adopted before the 2020 season but not implemented until this year due to the upheavals caused by the coronavirus pandemic, states that a team cannot use a position player on the mound unless there is a difference of six or more runs between the two teams. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026 Then, in the wake of 1968’s political upheavals, both artists redirected their attention toward social systems—producing the work they’re best known for today. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026 For nearly two decades, soccer coach Patrice Millet has used the game to help children from some of Haiti’s poorest neighborhoods find refuge from their country’s upheavals. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026

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Noun

Pedersen opened a 20-metre gap in about five revolutions of his pedals, freewheeling across the line with the joy writ large across his face.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 7 July 2026
The framers couldn’t have foreseen the technological revolutions that would follow, from global electrification to the internet and artificial intelligence.

— Ashok N. Srivastava, Fortune, 3 July 2026

Definition of revolutions

Noun

It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.

— CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 July 2026
After powerful twin earthquakes devastated parts of Venezuela and destroyed their home in the coastal town of Caraballeda last month, Maria and her brother Damian, 13, were taken in by their aunt, Mercedes Osul.

— Osmary Hernández, CNN Money, 11 July 2026

Definition of earthquakes

Noun

Starmer also has angered supporters with attempts to cut welfare spending, some of which were reversed after Labour revolts.

— CBS News, CBS News, 9 May 2026
Then came revolts and revolutions in Ireland, the Swiss cantons, the Rhineland, the Netherlands, the Italian states, and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

Definition of revolts

Noun

Secessionist uprisings in the provinces like Tatarstan or Bashkortistan or Chechnya.

— Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
In the late sixteenth century, the Spanish Hapsburgs, the Catholic dynasty that ruled the Netherlands, sent in an army to crush a series of Calvinist uprisings.

— Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

Definition of uprisings

Noun

Many countries, already facing political storms and serious fiscal problems, will struggle to meaningfully cut their welfare systems or change their spending models, said Andrew Kenningham, chief Europe economist at Capital Economics.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Almost two years ago, China’s east coast was smacked by one of the strongest storms in decades, which temporarily halted container operations at both Shanghai and Ningbo ports.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 8 July 2026

Definition of storms

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About two couples, connected and dependent on one another, raising their kids alongside each other, facing the same turmoils, the same existential questions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Mayer and Strong offer a broad pop-history lesson, in which the same tensions and turmoils churn on and on in their terrible cycle throughout the decades; the only thing that’s changed are the aesthetics.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

Definition of turmoils

Noun

Later Wednesday, Mexico City Health Secretary Nadine Gasman, told a news conference that another man, about 30, was treated by emergency personnel after suffering an epileptic seizure, convulsions, and gastrointestinal bleeding.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
It is known to cause neurological problems, convulsions and comas, with children particularly at risk.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

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