overturn

A year after her blockbuster trial, Australia's notorious mushroom murderer is facing court again, in a bid to overturn her conviction.

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

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 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

Media campaigns would be unleashed in an effort to overturn the punitive public consensus on race.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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

"From the beginning, we knew these bones were exceptional because of their minute size. It is equally impressive how the study of this animal overturns global ideas on ornithopod dinosaur evolution," he says.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 3, 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

I thought of my mother’s lifelong warning to us children whenever we entered a boat: if it overturns, grab hold for dear life!

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

She was sentenced to life in prison, but now she's back in court this week trying to get her conviction overturned.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 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

His campaign was also briefly tripped up by court rulings banning his use of national symbols like Colombia's football jersey -- decisions that were later overturned.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 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

Heading down the hallway, I grin as I see a small Colombian flag taped on the outside of a half-open door, an overturned skateboard keeping it propped slightly open.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Even so, the formation of North Atlantic Deep Water became stronger, as did overturning at lower latitudes.

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

This deal would do the opposite by weakening safeguards and overturning a valuable precedent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

Row after row, blades whoosh, scratching, lifting, overturning dirt and roots.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes