overturn
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"Worse of all, he gets sent to overturn it, a clear and obvious error. Shocking."
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Neither of these cases directly overturn the precedents in Massachusetts v.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
Dr. Dorstyn noted that the findings overturn the assumption that inhibiting Caspase-2 is always beneficial.
From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026
The Magic crowd — announced at 19,597 as the second-largest in Magic history, trailing only last year’s game against the Lakers that drew one more person — was confident that referees would overturn it.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
Why bother to overturn your parents’ world when you can buy it and sell off the pieces?
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing overturn
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