overturn
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If the three judges in the Court of Appeal choose to overturn her convictions, there are two options: a retrial or acquittal.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 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
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who could possibly overturn the commission’s decision on the grounds of national interest or national security.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Cuban regularly engages online with people struggling to get care, pay for a medication or overturn a denial.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Following the oral argument, I still had hope that the court would overturn the conviction and sentence because it was so clearly unsupported by reliable facts.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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The ruling overturns a case that had held sway for 91 years.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
In general VAR overturns, Liverpool have had six interventions against them.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 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
Published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, the study overturns the traditional view of the "Boring Billion," a supposedly uneventful period of Earth's history marked by little biological or geological activity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 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
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The overloaded government ferry -- a vital link for villagers and fish traders around the vast lake -- overturned in choppy waters on Tuesday in one of the country's worst passenger boat disasters.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 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
A retrial in 2014 reinstated Knox and Sollecito's convictions but Italy's top appeals court finally overturned them in 2015.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
It was just the second time in history a suspension was overturned during a World Cup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Frustrated with drawing, I switched to the printmaking department, where I overturned great buckets of ink.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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The broader lesson is that the main forces governing Atlantic overturning may not remain constant throughout Earth's history.
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
Ashley Baxter said he was "baffled, disappointed and outraged" by the situation and said his council would explore ways of overturning the decision.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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
Given our success in other death penalty cases, he must have feared the very real possibility of the appellate court's overturning Walter's conviction.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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