overturn
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These new findings overturn decades of assumptions about how – and where – our lineage began.
From Science Daily • Jun. 20, 2026
Burnham isn't promising to overturn the raise completely, although he said it was the "wrong decision" - so it's not clear if he would seek to partially reverse the policy.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026
Appealing does appear to pay off: Of the 18% of patients who did appeal, nearly all of them were able to overturn the initial denial of skilled nursing care.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
“It means that future city councils cannot overturn a data center ban, even if data center developers wanted to spend money to fund pro-data center candidates.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Yet she knew tonight how difficult it was to overturn the earth, for she had tried once, and she had failed.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing overturn
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