overturned

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New research has now overturned that assumption, revealing that the artifacts are actually medieval and provide rare insight into the movement of weapons, trade, and military activity across the Mediterranean during the Late Middle Ages.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

The play was initially ruled as an infield single, but it was overturned on review.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Our 36 study participants are among the 3,820 people recognized by the National Registry of Exonerations as having their false convictions overturned based on actual innocence.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

In 2019, he wrote the 7-2 decision that overturned the murder conviction of Curtis Flowers, who had been accused of killing four people at a rural furniture store in 1996.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

They left the cart overturned in a field of sedge and he took the coats and the blankets wrapped in the plastic tarp and they set out.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy