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The Norfolk Southern train derailment has upended the lives of East Palestine families, and EPA’s order will ensure the company is held accountable for jeopardizing the health and safety of this community. – Michael Regan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
As I often said during my campaign for president, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana, sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I don't think many knew that Michigan would snap back 91 years to a law that would render this pro-choice state one of the most extreme in the country, no exceptions for rape, no exception for incest. This is how serious this moment is and how dramatic lives could be upended in Michigan. – Gretchen Whitmer	Found on CNN 1 year ago
United States's so easy for people's lives to be upended and moved from one side of the pendulum to the other based on a decision by the attorney general, united States still doesn't have protection from deportation and protection from being sent back to harm's way, potentially even death because of this long, drawn-out process. – Leidy Perez-Davis	Found on CNN 2 years ago
From the outset, Democrats made clear their intentions of leveraging an activist judiciary to seize political gain despite the Republican-led legislature’s open, transparent, constitutional process, the NCGOP looks forward to another open, constitutional process for the legislature to redraw these maps and sincerely hope the constitutional order is not upended yet again by Democrats writing policy from the bench. – North Carolina	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We are literally throwing every resource at this issue at our disposal, we know that COVID-19 has upended so many parts of our lives, and unfortunately it also upended the very fragile public safety ecosystem in our community. – Muriel Bowser	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Globally and nationally, I think we're at a similar place now, norms are being upended and questioned. People don't want to return to old ways. – Mark Takano	Found on CNN 2 years ago
For me the biggest surprise is that the artists want to work with the auction houses directly. We’ve always been in the secondary market, the traditional structure has been upended. – Rebekah Bowling	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
Several of our customers have come to us worried about the frightening dilemma they will ultimately face: how do we manage vaccine appointments without it being upended by automated, bot attacks? – Edward Roberts	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Joel Embiid led the 76ers with 30 points and 10 rebounds. Tobias Harris added 20 points and five rebounds despite leaving briefly after a scary fall that bloodied Tobias Harris left eye. Embiid couldnt put a finger on one thing that upended the team this postseason. Theres a lot of regrets, i feel like the focus wasnt always there. We just got ta look ourselves in the mirror and do better. Tobias Harris was trying to contest a shot by Jayson Tatum at the 2:40 mark of the third quarter and inadvertently had Jayson Tatum legs taken out from under Jayson Tatum by Jayson Tatum. Harris fell on the left side of his face and laid on the court for several minutes as medical staff attended to him. He suffered a left eye laceration and was cleared of a possible concussion. He returned to the game with 5:12 left in the fourth with a bandage over his left eye. I felt OK enough to go back out there and try and do something to help us win. – Tobias Harris	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We felt really strongly that during this period of crisis, when students' and families' lives were being upended that we, as an institution, wanted to do everything in our power to alleviate rather than add on any stress to the decision-making that's inherent in the college selection process, the idea of a May 1 deadline in the middle of this crisis feels really absurd. – Texas Christian University	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We usually try to manage the distance by setting down dates, but (the outbreak) upended even our ability to do that. – Etienne Berges	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The coronavirus has quickly upended global economic expansion and introduced the significant uncertainty of a possible recession, today's interest rate cut is an appropriate response to changing events. – Lawrence Yun	Found on CNN 4 years ago
There's definitely a simmering rage in Maine and across the country ... and LePage upended that. I think what Trump is doing on a national scale is similar except obviously it has broader implications. – Lance Dutson	Found on CNN 8 years ago

The Norfolk Southern train derailment has upended the lives of East Palestine families, and EPA’s order will ensure the company is held accountable for jeopardizing the health and safety of this community.

– Michael Regan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As I often said during my campaign for president, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana, sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I don't think many knew that Michigan would snap back 91 years to a law that would render this pro-choice state one of the most extreme in the country, no exceptions for rape, no exception for incest. This is how serious this moment is and how dramatic lives could be upended in Michigan.

– Gretchen Whitmer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

United States's so easy for people's lives to be upended and moved from one side of the pendulum to the other based on a decision by the attorney general, united States still doesn't have protection from deportation and protection from being sent back to harm's way, potentially even death because of this long, drawn-out process.

– Leidy Perez-Davis

Found on CNN
2 years ago

From the outset, Democrats made clear their intentions of leveraging an activist judiciary to seize political gain despite the Republican-led legislature’s open, transparent, constitutional process, the NCGOP looks forward to another open, constitutional process for the legislature to redraw these maps and sincerely hope the constitutional order is not upended yet again by Democrats writing policy from the bench.

– North Carolina

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We are literally throwing every resource at this issue at our disposal, we know that COVID-19 has upended so many parts of our lives, and unfortunately it also upended the very fragile public safety ecosystem in our community.

– Muriel Bowser

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Globally and nationally, I think we're at a similar place now, norms are being upended and questioned. People don't want to return to old ways.

– Mark Takano

Found on CNN
2 years ago

For me the biggest surprise is that the artists want to work with the auction houses directly. We’ve always been in the secondary market, the traditional structure has been upended.

– Rebekah Bowling

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

Several of our customers have come to us worried about the frightening dilemma they will ultimately face: how do we manage vaccine appointments without it being upended by automated, bot attacks?

– Edward Roberts

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Joel Embiid led the 76ers with 30 points and 10 rebounds. Tobias Harris added 20 points and five rebounds despite leaving briefly after a scary fall that bloodied Tobias Harris left eye. Embiid couldnt put a finger on one thing that upended the team this postseason. Theres a lot of regrets, i feel like the focus wasnt always there. We just got ta look ourselves in the mirror and do better. Tobias Harris was trying to contest a shot by Jayson Tatum at the 2:40 mark of the third quarter and inadvertently had Jayson Tatum legs taken out from under Jayson Tatum by Jayson Tatum. Harris fell on the left side of his face and laid on the court for several minutes as medical staff attended to him. He suffered a left eye laceration and was cleared of a possible concussion. He returned to the game with 5:12 left in the fourth with a bandage over his left eye. I felt OK enough to go back out there and try and do something to help us win.

– Tobias Harris

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We felt really strongly that during this period of crisis, when students' and families' lives were being upended that we, as an institution, wanted to do everything in our power to alleviate rather than add on any stress to the decision-making that's inherent in the college selection process, the idea of a May 1 deadline in the middle of this crisis feels really absurd.

– Texas Christian University

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We usually try to manage the distance by setting down dates, but (the outbreak) upended even our ability to do that.

– Etienne Berges

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The coronavirus has quickly upended global economic expansion and introduced the significant uncertainty of a possible recession, today's interest rate cut is an appropriate response to changing events.

– Lawrence Yun

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There's definitely a simmering rage in Maine and across the country ... and LePage upended that. I think what Trump is doing on a national scale is similar except obviously it has broader implications.

– Lance Dutson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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