override
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China has drawn up new safety rules for the growing number of autonomous vehicles on its roads, including a mandatory deactivation override, the government said Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
A home’s location can often override the steps residents take to protect their properties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Did they believe, or hope, that the improved speed and accuracy of the latest weapons and control-systems might override the lessons of history?
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
Lawmakers will struggle to block it, though, without a joint resolution and a two-thirds majority vote in the House and Senate to override a potential presidential veto.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
I still feel guilty, but I’m going to let my relief override it.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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But according to the research of professor Richard Hasen, the rate of congressional overrides has steadily decreased over the years as Congress becomes slower and less productive with each passing term.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
He pointed to a recent landmark bill, State Senate Bill 79, which overrides local zoning laws to allow for taller, denser buildings near major transit stops.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Employees are no longer trained to perform overrides they are not expected to use.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2026
Virtually everyone with a smartphone has installed an app run by the military’s Home Front Command, which overrides silent mode to blast out early warnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
“Well, in a sense. However, the mission I am on overrides all personal debts and loyalties.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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UnitedHealthcare overrode the prior authorization about 48 hours later, according to Noonan.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Last year, researchers at the UK's AI Security Institute found jailbreaks that overrode safeguards across a range of harmful requests in every AI system it tested.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
But Mr. Adams overrode Mr. Lander and approved the deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Attendee Lien Nguyen, whose love for the kittens overrode her cat allergy, admitted she’d drop her book the second a cat came into her vicinity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
“I don’t care,” he interrupted in an even voice, so full of richness that it overrode all the others.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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Cutler said this has a lower likelihood of being overridden by courts, noting Trump's top trade official Jamieson Greer had carefully navigated procedural requirements before imposing duties.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Board chairs historically have rarely overridden the executives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s vice president of AI software, said on X that the driver had manually overridden the system by “by pressing the accelerator all the way to 100%.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
There were "strong" powers to protect the freedom to protest, she said, but they could be overridden on the advice of the police.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
There was the snorting protest of an overridden horse and the anxious stamping of hooves, followed by a thud as of a man leaping from the saddle.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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As a political reporter, I came away from Comic Con with one overriding impression: If world politics were more like the comic book world, reality would be a safer, saner and healthier place.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
"The overriding priority is to rescue as many people as possible while urgently providing life-saving health care to the injured," said Ciro Ugarte, emergencies director for PAHO, the UN health agency's Americas regional branch.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Whether two people who are each unhappy can make it as a couple becomes the overriding theme of the film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
No wonder, then, that the overriding question given Leclerc's commitment to the team is: is he wasting his career there?
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
And indeed the overriding emotion of American Tune’ is an understated patriotism that is characterised not by cynicism but rather by gratitude.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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