overriding

The game had seemed in hand at half-time, yet come the final whistle the overriding emotion in Dublin was one of relief.

Folt was hired with an overriding mandate to restore trust in the university, which had been rocked by one scandal after another.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority, overriding the objections of the court's liberal members, allowed Virginia on Wednesday to continue its removal of over 1,600 voters from the rolls.

I found Democrats battling insomnia and altering travel plans, Republicans who were friendly to a reporter but suspicious of the mainstream media and an overriding sense of disillusionment.

The overriding question posed by Mr O’Connor at the inquiry is: “Was the poisoning of Dawn Sturgess preventable?”