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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

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

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026

"The United States is under no obligation to admit or suffer the presence of individuals who subvert our laws and deny our citizens their constitutional rights," it added in a statement.

From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026

These simple facts subvert conventional financial wisdom, which says the only stock exposure you need is in the broad indexes.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026

“Well, it is certainly important to subvert the patriarchal paradigm, and I suppose this is a way All right, then,” he said, stepping to the left of the podium.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

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 film may initially present Man-su as a sympathetic family man trying to make ends meet, but Lee quickly subverts those sentiments once Man-su’s methodical process betrays no sense of remorse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026

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

In his emphasis on the gap between our surface words or actions and their deeper psychological meanings or feelings, Jung would probably say that irony questions and subverts normative cultural narratives.

From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2024

I want anything that breaks the monotony, subverts the perceived respectable order of things.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Like Magritte's artwork, the Red Devils' qualifying campaign for the tournament certainly subverted expectations at times, with 6-0 wins over Liechtenstein and Kazakhstan sandwiched between draws against North Macedonia and Kazakhstan.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

In 1921, hoteliers in Atlantic City subverted that idea by creating their own revue of “bathing beauties,” held the week after Labor Day as a way to extend the summer season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

The stakes in Season 1 were very clear — get Ellie to where she can be used to make a cure — even if they were subverted in the end.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2025

Some collaborated, some left, some resisted, some subverted and some just tried to get by.

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2025

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

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

D’Aquino’s defense: She had been slyly subverting the propaganda machine the whole time, entertaining Americans with facetious language no one could take seriously and introducing upbeat American music the GIs actually loved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

It has the advantage of overlapping with and amusingly subverting the 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz” and the 1900 L. Frank Baum novel that inspired it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 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

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

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner