Peter Diamandis

Many have built their careers buttressing the status quo, reinforcing what they've already accomplished, and resisting the radical thinking that can topple their legacy - not exactly the attitude you want when trying to drive innovation forward.

American Businessman

Mark Duplass

The challenge for me as a parent of two girls is to establish enough structure in the house so that things don't go haywire... but at the same time, as a dominant male figure in their life, let them know they can topple the king.

American Director

Gray Scott

The mobile revolution has dramatically changed our world view, empowered women, and increased our empathy. Corrupt governments have been toppled and wars avoided because our species has become so digitally connected.

American Philosopher

A. R. Rahman

It's like driving your car. If you drive too fast on the highway, you will topple, so you better maintain your speed. Life is similar to that, and that's the way you have to control your head.

Indian Musician

Ruskin Bond

Jokes apart, I, like many other, am looking for strong and stable government. I don't want any chaotic political situation where the elected government is being toppled frequently.

Indian Author

John Ortberg

The toppling of idols - even respectable, admired, best-practice, fastest-growing idols - is always the road to liberation.

American Clergyman

William Butler Yeats

Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill.

Irish Poet

Patrick deWitt

The idea is this: It's important to upset one's work habits, to topple the cart for each project.

Canadian Novelist

Patrick Marber

But I'm the sort of person who, if certain structures topple, it could all go horribly wrong.

English Writer

George Packer

Partly what I'm writing about is the way taboos get toppled.

American Novelist

Used when describing an action that physically makes something fall.

Physical Action

Can be used metaphorically to describe the falling of intangible things.

Figurative Use

Context changes meaning; can refer to slow pushing or sudden force.

Context Sensitive

Often used to describe a change in leadership or control, typically forceful.

Power Dynamics

Implies a rapid and unexpected change in a situation or power structure.

Sudden Change

Commonly used in political contexts, relating to governments or leaders.

Political Context

Indicates a loss of stability, leading to falling down.

Loss of Balance

Toppling isn't always deliberate; it can happen by accident.

Not Always Intentional

Often used to describe someone having difficulty standing or walking.

Personal Struggle

 So this work was a real technical challenge for us, and we worked very hard, like most of our works, over years to get the mechanics right and the equilibrium and the dynamics. And it was very important for us to establish the exact moment that it would fall, because if we made it in a way that it would topple over,

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 and depending upon who you ask, it's now involved in toppling elections. I remember when cryptocurrency or automated trading were sort of ideas by a few renegades in the financial institutions in the world for automated trading, or online, for cryptocurrency,

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 place on earth an engineer would choose to build the world's longest suspension bridge if the ground beneath a suspension bridge is shaken by an earthquake we could in the worst case for example get a tower toppling over obviously a catastrophic event

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 then, over the next decade, a nationwide effort that ultimately helped topple Poland's communist government. Getting early wins sets in motion a positive feedback loop, a contagion, a belief, a motivation. It requires pressuring policymakers,

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 when I heard this excruciating sound behind me felt like the world was coming to an end I dropped the phone picked up my camera and made a fast photograph down the track to the left the train cars are toppling over if it continues

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 He was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century, forever changing the course of one of the world's largest countries. But was he a hero who toppled an oppressive tyranny

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 But it's dangerous for the chick. As everyone moves position, some mothers topple in the crush.

Topple

To make something fall or collapse.

Often appears as...

To remove someone from power or or authority, often suddenly.

Often appears as...

To become unsteady and fall down.

Often appears as...

Physical Action

Figurative Use

Context Sensitive

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