overturn
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Sauer kept returning to his claim that the lone purpose of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause was to overturn Dred Scott and grant citizenship to newly freed slaves and their children.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 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
Yet she knew tonight how difficult it was to overturn the earth, for she had tried once, and she had failed.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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