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 landscape stayed quiet for a while, until a series of upheavals in the American League West. — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 The scandal in question erupted in the eighteen-thirties in the Prussian college town of Königsberg—today, after wars and upheavals, the isolated Russian city of Kaliningrad. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 Like many in his generation Zhu’s early career was upended by the political upheavals of the Mao Zedong era. — Cnn Staff, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026 From technological upheavals to an increasingly frenetic global trend cycle, industry leaders are constantly tasked with predicting what comes next — which is no small feat in 2026. — Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026 Evans’ historic eight terms as the first Black chief judge saw the county through reforms, changes and upheavals, including the elimination of cash bail and the COVID-19 pandemic. — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 These supply-chain upheavals have mounted pressures on certain industries like aviation, where jet fuel costs have soared, and agriculture, which has dealt with shortages of key chemicals used in fertilizers as a result of Strait of Hormuz closures. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026 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

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Noun

For comparison, regular drone propellers can rotate at several thousand revolutions per minute.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
From the viewpoint of the bourgeoisie, both Jews and the aristocracy advocated revolutions and radical change, and thus both attacked the status quo.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of revolutions

Noun

After the earthquakes, American Airlines transported relief supplies to Venezuela on a Boeing 737.

— Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Critics say nuclear energy is too expensive and still faces risks from natural disasters such as earthquakes or floods.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of earthquakes

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Not since voters passed Proposition 13, an iconic property tax limit, in 1978 and touched off tax revolts in other states has a California measure potentially affected America’s taxation policies so broadly.

— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
Donor revolts—growing widespread skepticism toward higher education.

— Scott White, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of revolts

Noun

As the portrait advances, the three men move deeper into a Europe ravaged by wars and uprisings.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
For a brief moment during the 2010–11 Arab uprisings, the drive for change seemed unstoppable, but otherwise the arrangement worked.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of uprisings

Noun

There is a slight chance of storms on Sunday afternoon, with a 15% to 25% chance of precipitation, but some forecasts call for dry conditions.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
In the meantime, several storms were brewing in the Pacific Ocean, including Lowell, which reached hurricane strength Tuesday morning.

— Jamie Stengle, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of storms

Noun

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

But in some cases, West Nile can reach the brain and cause extreme headaches, meningitis, tremors, convulsions and paralysis.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2026
The gas was highly toxic to the respiratory system, causing asphyxiation, convulsions, and, in severe cases, death.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

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