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That would have involved overturning a 1977 Court decision that upheld automatic deduction of union dues.

Further, this new amendment goes much further than simply overturning Citizens United or McCutcheon.

Ted Cruz advocated overturning nearly 100 years of Supreme Court precedent on Wednesday.

Combined, these trends are overturning the business model of cable companies.

I have only ever voted for Democrats, so overturning Roe v. Wade is not one of my priorities.

He went careering forward to his point, overturning and wounding; but as he speeded on, he left a train of enemies behind.

He did not realize, until he got actually at the work, what an utter overturning there would be in all his ideas.

"What absurd questions you ask," said Mrs. Lincoln, overturning a work-box to find a spool of cotton, which lay directly on top.

Misfortune—that vastly helped him—came in 1839, when his leg was injured through the overturning of a stage coach.

He sprang up, overturning his chair in his hasty excitement.

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On this page you'll find 187 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to overturning, such as: abolishment, abrogation, annulment, cancellation, destruction, and dissolution.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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