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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of topple.

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Examples

  • He topples over onto the hood of the car, landing on his shoulder and the side of his face as if that one arm just completely quit working for him.

    Angry Young Man Chris Lynch 2011

  • The oven door topples off of its hinges as she kicks and climbs out.

    Destroy the Evidence Chad Smith 2011

  • He rises and offers a half wave, a resigned move, like he topples his king at the end of a brutal chess match.

    Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011

  • He gives me a good mighty shove that topples me backward onto my bed again.

    Angry Young Man Chris Lynch 2011

  • The Kremlin has long accused the U.S. of using its promotion of democracy and human rights as a cloak for its real interests as it topples governments in the former Soviet Union and—more lately—in the Arab world so that it can install more friendly rulers.

    Kremlin Resorts to Anti-Americanism Alan Cullison 2012

  • Finally the jar topples, spilling the cookies -- then -- at last!

    Irene Tanner: How to Train Your Ego Irene Tanner 2011

  • When he topples over the cliff and breaks into tiny bits it looks like the end.

    Recommended reads: ages 5–7 2011

  • And Skulpin, who had dragged me down, shot with a pistol from where he lay, and Ligoun toppled and fell, as an old pine topples and falls in the teeth of the wind.

    THE DEATH OF LIGOUN 2010

  • So suddenly, Arab freedom has taken precedence over Israel and Palestine—or so says the much-maligned Arab Street, as it topples one tyrant and challenges the next.

    The Great Myth of Palestinian Statehood Emanuele Ottolenghi 2011

  • As she topples sideways Felicity catches her, and she wakes.

    Over the Moon Jodi Picoult 2011

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