overturn
Example Sentences
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Mokbel spent about 18 years behind bars but was released on bail last April after a court ruled he had a strong chance of overturning the criminal convictions.
From Barron's
She was demoted from bronze in the aftermath of her race, only for the decision to eventually be overturned – she received her medal more than a year later.
From BBC
"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
A Boston federal judge later overturned the cuts, ruling that the government had violated Harvard’s free-speech rights.
It overturned Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution, which had expressly forbidden a general income tax.
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