as in upheaval
a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)
the bouleversement in the print media since the rise of the Internet
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2025 has ushered in a great deal of political upheaval and technological changes, with more coming at us almost daily.—
Kevin Korte,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025 -
Farré has now offered those assurances, while admitting the recent exec upheaval has been emotional for everyone.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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No industry is immune to the AI revolution, but how are brands using this technology to make consumer experiences better?—
Angus McDonald,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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The most recent casualties in the wearable wars were supposed to herald the AI hardware revolution.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
22 May 2025
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Ring While the United States Geological Survey stresses that factors like the distance from the earthquake, type of soil a building is built on and construction design are all key factors, damage begins to occur if an earthquake reaches somewhere between 4 or 5 magnitude.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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During an earlier monologue, Robin talks about the great earthquake that will one day level the Pacific Northwest, and at times his words sound not like a prophecy or a warning, but an oblique recollection of the emotional earthquake that devastated him.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 May 2025
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What’s the political climate, social climate that has to exist in order for an insurrection to appear?—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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It was suspended across the states during the entire Civil War; in counties in South Carolina that were overrun by the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction; in specific places in the Philippines during an insurrection in 1905; and in Hawaii following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
9 May 2025
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“Bouleversement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bouleversement. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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