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overturn

[oh-ver-turn, oh-ver-turn] / ˌoʊ vərˈtɜrn, ˈoʊ vərˌtɜrn /


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But he said he still has to overturn the conviction which he believes could impact his career.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

The high court rejected Trump’s first attempt to overturn the verdict in June.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

Over two days, three judges at the Court of Appeal in Melbourne will hear two appeals: Patterson's attempt to overturn her conviction and the prosecution's demand for a stiffer sentence.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

The possibility that gluons carry baryon number would overturn the standard simplified description found in many textbooks.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

After the midday meal, I contrived to overturn the pitcher that held the tea water, dumping it on the floor.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

This discovery overturns a long accepted assumption and suggests a new explanation for gallium's remarkably low melting point.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

The ruling overturns a case that had held sway for 91 years.

From Salon Jul. 1, 2026

However, the KMI Panel unanimously supported the non-VAR intervention, stating that it was "in keeping with the high threshold for VAR overturns".

From BBC Apr. 2, 2026

The Federal Supreme Court therefore partially overturns the contested award and refers the case back to the CAS for a new ruling, taking into account the probative value of the audio-visual recording in question.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 29, 2026

Imagine the difficulty of listening to, and then accepting, a truth that overturns everything you believe about the world.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

His 2020 conviction and 23-year prison sentence in New York for other alleged assaults was overturned and juries were deadlocked in subsequent retrials involving one of his accusers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

The attack immediately overturned life for both Ms. Eubanks and her partner.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The Amicus bonus episode revisits a 2021 conversation among Dahlia Lithwick, Judge Edward M. Chen, and Don Tamaki, members of the legal team that overturned Korematsu v.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

That decision made Brooks eligible for up to $480,000 under a program created by Louisiana lawmakers to pay those wrongfully convicted in a state with one of the highest rates of overturned guilty verdicts.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

The broken pressure-ridges take queer shapes, overturned towers, legless giants, catapults.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Together, the evidence from several ocean basins connected movements of the Southern Ocean front with changes in Atlantic temperature layers and overturning circulation.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

The appeals court did not rule on the ultimate merits of the case but concluded the administration had not shown it was likely to succeed in overturning the injunction at this stage.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

Together, those processes can make the water heavy enough to sink into the deep ocean, helping to drive the AMOC's overturning flow.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The Interior Department finalized the changes to its regulations last week, overturning five decades of precedent in how the law is interpreted.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

With an unexpected shove from below, I ended up tumbling into the storage room, overturning a galvanized bucket with a god-awful clamor.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool




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