Definition of "upheavals" []

• Plural form of upheaval. (noun)

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• "In Chapter 3 we noted a slow, steady, long-term decline in religious observance underneath the shorter-term upheavals of recent decades."
• "But the loss of Ahmad Wali Karzai, who though controversial was believed to balance and bully other key players into some kind of fragile unity, is widely expected to bring further short-term upheavals."
• "We have therefore sought to keep faith with our vision, despite the short term upheavals in the market."