upends
- present tense form of upend (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Oil demand is also set to contract by 80,000 barrels a day this year, “as Iran war upends our global outlook,” it added.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
This upends the basic arrangement that underwrote great cities—what they are, how they work and who pays for them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026
The cold spell upends what had actually been a tepid winter, which along with rising Appalachia and Permian gas production, has driven what’s still a 32% decline in natural gas prices from their December peak.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026
As AI upends some of their business functions, India's billion-dollar IT firms will become a key area of "vulnerability", according to Jefferies.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
The Gefreiter drags a padlocked sack from beneath his table, unthreads a chain from its throat, and upends it onto a velvet-lined tray.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
