Sallie Krawcheck

In the old world of business, there was often just one seat at the leadership table for women, two at best. That meant that only so many women could advance. But in a world where women recognize the power that they own - and where technology can upend the traditional rules of engagement - one woman winning doesn't mean another loses.

American Businesswoman

Jason Isbell

When I was writing 'Southeastern,' I'd just recently gotten sober. For me, that was a major turning point in my life. It changed things I did on a day-to-day basis. My whole routine was upended. It took me some time to get used to that and figure out how do I keep myself entertained.

American Musician

Suze Orman

Yes, your kids should go to school. No, you shouldn't bankroll their degree whatever the cost. You've spent your life creating a sound financial plan; don't upend it by suspending your retirement savings or taking out a home equity line of credit to pay for a pricey college.

American Author

Russell Banks

I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a book to read - they go home and come back a changed person. And that is so much more interesting and exciting.

Michael Wolff

Brexit and Trump had upended the fundamental establishment viewpoint that politics was aspirational, that good politics promised progress, generational betterment and ever-expanding world reach.

Ari Aster

In some ways, the audience becomes complacent when they go to a horror film. And so it's fun to take that attitude and then to upend it.

American Director

Lee Isaac Chung

My mom grew up without a father because he died in the Korean War. And my grandmother, her life was completely upended because of that.

Brian Deese

As new technologies upend the economics of climate change, the politics surrounding the environment are changing, too.

Mike White

I'm attracted to polarizing characters who upend the civility of life.

Writer

Jaime Harrison

American Politician

Used when describing a literal action of making something inverted.

Physical Action

Highlights the significant change in appearance when something is upended.

Visual Impact

Signifies a significant shift or transformation in situations or systems.

Change in Status

Emphasizes the surprising or unforeseen nature of changes involved.

Unexpected Shift

Often used in sports or competitions, indicating a surprising win.

Unpredictable Victory

Implies calculated effort to conquer or surpass rivals or challenges.

Strategic Overcome

 Perhaps even more importantly, thought-controlled computing can give children with ADD insights into their own fluctuating mental states, so they can better understand themselves and their learning needs. The way these children will be able to use their new awareness to improve themselves will upend many of the damaging and widespread social stigmas

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 why we believe with whatsapp it's so important that we match the security and privacy you have in-person digitally and not say hey this digital world is totally different we should change all the ways human beings communicate and completely upend the rules no we should try to match that as best we can because there's something

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 They also used this practice as punishment. If rubber quotas weren’t met, soldiers would sever people’s hands and bring them to their commanders instead of rubber. The regime dramatically upended daily life and agriculture, causing widespread starvation and disease.

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 They embrace their trauma and hardships as key elements of who they've become, and know that without those experiences, they might not have developed the muscle and grit required to become successful. One of my colleagues had his life completely upended

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 It upended my life. But there was a silver lining that felt slightly cosmic. He left me a little bit of money that allowed me to step off the academic path and try my own thing. I poured myself into work, churning out videos day and night.

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 And for me, it completely upended the way I think of the camel. It went from being this ridiculously niche creature suited only to this one specific environment, to being this world traveler that just happens to be in the Sahara,

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 I didn't know how to tell that story. I didn't want to tell that story. When I did, I discovered that everyone feels their life has been upended in some way. That their life is somehow off-schedule, off-track, off-kilter.

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 We learned together, we ate together, we played together. We hung out with each other every day. But as the coronavirus spread, our world was upended. In February, hundreds of millions of us lost access to our schools.

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 upended my understanding of ice of wilderness and the amazing complexity of our planet when you look out at sea ice it looks vast it looks forbidding it looks empty

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 fierce storms upended the planet and us cold and slushy climate began to warm in just a few hundred years temperatures

Upend

To flip, tip, or turn something upside down.

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To disrupt or disturb something.

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To defeat a competitor or rival, often unexpectedly.

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