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overturn

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


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“Measure EE seeks to make the ballot box powers equal to either overturn or to adopt legislation,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

They lost 4-0 to Lowestoft Town in the first leg, and despite going 3-0 up inside 20 minutes of the return fixture at Bay's Hillheads Park stadium they were unable to overturn the deficit.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Ross and Wynn are asking the court to overturn the tax and reimburse them for the costs of this lawsuit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Carla Lockhart, a local MP from the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party, called the appeal overturn "seismic" and said residents had nothing to fear.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

There was a broadcast of a speech by this man Fidel, who is trying to overturn their dictator over in Cuba.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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

In general VAR overturns, Liverpool have had six interventions against them.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 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

The decision overturns the seizure of Nexperia by Karremans’ ministry from its Chinese owner, Wingtech Technology, late in September.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

“There we have an opinion that overturns three hundred and seventy-five years of critical appreciation. Is there a particular reason that you find it ‘stupid’?”

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

But shortly before midnight, a three-judge Court of Appeal panel overturned the injunction, ruling that the judge had "erred in law".

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

That conviction was overturned in 2021 because of a non-prosecution agreement struck with a previous prosecutor.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

Wise previously attempted to ban the insurers from issuing new policies, but a state judge overturned that order in 2025, the insurers said in their lawsuit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Newsom and other governors have repeatedly denied parole to his closest acolytes, though an appeals court overturned Newsom’s veto of the release of Leslie Van Houten in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

I could see an overturned table and lamp in their flat, but nothing more.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

He has made overturning wrongful convictions a priority from the start.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

According to the traditional explanation, the added salt encourages the formation of North Atlantic Deep Water, which helps sustain Atlantic overturning.

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

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

The boat careened, and water poured over the gunwales, overturning it and spilling us into the rushing river.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood




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