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The ruling said the court not exercising its powers in the case would send out the wrong signal to other public bodies, undermine the authority of the commissioner, and subvert the rule of law.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

“I would not look with favor upon a president working to subvert the 1st Amendment’s guarantees of religious liberty,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

Critics of the bills say they subvert the rights of local communities.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026

Even if, by some miracle, Good’s and Pretti’s killers are eventually brought to justice, their individual consequences do nothing to subvert ICE’s mandate of force wherever it appears.

From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2026

Mother’s being a midwife would subvert the Medical Establishment, but in order to be a midwife she needed a phone.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

First, AI subverts the tech giants’ economies of scale by lowering the relatively high fixed costs of writing software, which had served as a protective moat for these companies.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026

The documentary surfaces footage from performances in which Selena subverts the idea of the well-manicured image that the Quintanilla family has constantly put out of the singer in the 30 years since her death.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025

“Misericordia” subverts the long-held idea that gay coming-home movies equate to weepy melodramas.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025

However the company had previously come out strongly against this kind of data collection, saying in a 2019 blog that fingerprinting "subverts user choice and is wrong."

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2025

The first sentence, which says that most Internet users go to news sites in their own country, subverts its attempt to express a resemblance relation in three ways.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

They say that "subverted Scott's ability to make sound decisions, isolated him from family members who urged him to seek medical care, and convinced him that seeking medical attention was unnecessary and even potentially lethal".

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

As the Gilded Age rolled on, one female game designer subverted the script.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

For disabled artist Panteha Abareshi, this expectation is subverted as they present their desire and bodily experience to be dissected and examined in “CAREOTICS: on giving and taking” at Human Resources.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025

“Will & Grace” further subverted the gay bestie trope by assigning Will his own gay best friend, Sean Hayes’ Jack.

From Salon ● May 29, 2025

They'd lied to us and subverted the judicial process.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

The removals were dubious from a legal standpoint, subverting due process and legal proceedings linked to extradition treaties signed by Mexico, say lawyers, security analysts and former officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

Redford, the picture of a classic cowboy and blonde heartthrob, was no stranger to subverting expectations in his work onscreen.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2025

"It has lots of what you loved about the first Squid Game, from 2021, but has little interest in surpassing, much less subverting, its predecessor".

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2024

What I think is most interesting in a TV show is the in-between-ness of genres, so I’m very mindful of subverting expectations in anything we make.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024

Cool things going on with subverting trad, ideas of femininity etc.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner