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The flower stem can grow to be two to three feet tall or more, often making the plant somewhat top-heavy, so staking or weighing down the container can help prevent the pot from toppling over.—
Janet Carson,
arkansasonline.com,
30 Dec. 2024 -
Then came Ukraine’s Maidan revolution in 2013, when tens of thousands of Ukrainians filled Kyiv’s Maidan square for days before toppling the pro-Russia regime.—
Howard LaFranchi,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Dec. 2024
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Instead of upending the social order, the Sardinian carnival seems to reinforce it.—
Jennie Rothenberg Gritz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Dec. 2024
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At the sovereign level, however, Musk's antics risk upending the lives of millions.—
Felix Salmon,
Axios,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Pitchpoling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitchpoling. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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