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293 examples of Upset in a sentence

Politicians avoid creating prioritized ‘to do’ lists that could upset groups whose interests do not come first.
He could be the one to upset the Nationalist International’s applecart.
Sharply raising the government’s already outsized profile in the economy will upset this delicate balance leading to slower growth in the future.
But Sarkozy’s view that the European Central Bank should be subject to political engineering upset Germany, his visit to Moscow, because Germany felt that it was being circumvented.
And cheating did indeed upset the broader superpower relationship.
Upset by crime?
No one on the Council wanted to upset Germany, for all of them recognized that the same problem could one day confront them.
Since the attacks, their relationship with their surroundings has been upset.
They impose extractive (bad) institutions, instead of adopting inclusive (good) institutions; and, because technology may upset their control over society, they choose to do without it.
North Korea’s nuclear weapons program threatens to upset that balance, by giving its regime the capacity, through the long-range ballistic missiles it is testing, to strike the West Coast of the US, thereby raising a new version of an old question: would the US risk Los Angeles to protect Seoul?
Nationalism became lethal when the economy crashed, and social unrest threatened to upset the political order.
Then they made statement after statement claiming that Syria was not Libya, and they would not allow another Western intervention to achieve regime change in another Arab country just because its people seemed upset with the local dictator.
Better to stick to a tried and failed policy than to upset the apple cart, even if the apples were rotten.
Although Dutch voters flocked to the polls to deny victory to the extreme xenophobe Geert Wilders, the risk of another populist upset remains real.
Thus, soaring food and fuel prices are likely to upset efforts by governments to improve income distribution and social cohesion.
If these economies are upset, they risk dragging down Africa’s overall performance.
Though a confluence of factors may have combined to upset the emerging-market applecart, Fed tapering is certainly one of them.
And an upset is what happened.
None of them is of a size that could upset the EU's current balance.
Some critics have been upset by my argument that the neurotransmitter dopamine, which is related to motivation, focus, and reward, is part of what can make sexual pleasure empowering for women.
He sees that a subset of Venetians are upset about the loss of manufacturing jobs – they lacked the skills or flexibility to move to higher-value-added sectors – and he capitalizes on it.
Iran harbors hegemonic ambitions which it seeks to realize by means of its military potential, oil and gas reserves, its nuclear program, its influence over Shiites throughout the region, and its efforts to upset the status quo within the Arab Muslim world.
So far, the Brexit debate in Britain has been almost entirely emotional, focusing on the historical greatness of Britain, the horrors of foreign tyrannies, or, conversely, fears of what might happen if the status quo were to be upset.
Then there is conflict over the royal succession process, with King Salman’s effort to consolidate power in the hands of his aggressive and talented but not particularly popular 30-year-old son causing considerable upset within the extended royal family.
While the meaning of “coordinated” has not been spelled out, it presumably implies that the national exit strategies should not lead to significant changes in exchange rates that would upset existing patterns of trade.
What could they be upset about?
But, while Chileans are quite happy with their own lives, they are upset with the society in which they live.
Their infighting continues to upset people, while most of their policy proposals have little to do with the problems that ordinary citizens face.
But, while necessary, this strategy threatens to upset the delicate balance between private- and public-sector expansion that has underpinned China’s expansion so far.
These powerful twin forces have upset the long-run equilibrium in advanced economies’ labor markets, with too much education and too many skills invested in an outmoded growth pattern.
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