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Congress failed to override the veto, and the Second Bank’s charter expired in 1836.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

In effect, they say Fifa used its disciplinary code to override the competition regulations.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

The Constitution lets states set the rules for conducting congressional elections, but gives Congress the power to override those rules.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

Plus, the package cleared both the House and Senate with overwhelming, veto-proof majorities, so Congress could override the president.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

“Us. And nothing we’re going to do is going to override any old friendship,” I say.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

But according to the research of professor Richard Hasen, the rate of congressional overrides has steadily decreased over the years as Congress becomes slower and less productive with each passing term.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

He pointed to a recent landmark bill, State Senate Bill 79, which overrides local zoning laws to allow for taller, denser buildings near major transit stops.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

“Geopolitics once again overrides the macro calendar in terms of market sensitivity,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

As this is a contract between two people, it generally overrides a will.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026

On one wall, flashers and safety overrides blinked to indicate that there were electric malfunctions and topside failures, probably from having the conning deck go under.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

However, Tesla argues that the driver manually overrode the technology.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

In 2020 Pennsylvania’s state legislature overrode local ordinances and expanded the definition of “pedestrian” to include robots weighing up to 550 pounds and traveling up to 12 miles an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Last year, researchers at the UK's AI Security Institute found jailbreaks that overrode safeguards across a range of harmful requests in every AI system it tested.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

But Danni said the head of security, Rick Rescorla, overrode orders and told everyone to leave.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025

Johnny’s father had one passion that overrode all his other interests and kept him going through those hard years—rowing.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s vice president of AI software, said on X that the driver had manually overridden the system by “by pressing the accelerator all the way to 100%.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

"It says he was vetted, and it says he was appointed, but it doesn't say it was overridden… I'm saying is that, you know, people have basically been telling us half the story," she added.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

Career officials objected to letting Musk have private income data of millions, but they were overridden.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025

But it also contributed to growing tensions between Gascón and his line prosecutors, who were frustrated by the idea their decisions could be overridden by an outsider.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024

There was the snorting protest of an overridden horse and the anxious stamping of hooves, followed by a thud as of a man leaping from the saddle.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

"The overriding priority is to rescue as many people as possible while urgently providing life-saving health care to the injured," said Ciro Ugarte, emergencies director for PAHO, the UN health agency's Americas regional branch.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

Whether two people who are each unhappy can make it as a couple becomes the overriding theme of the film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

States and cities are rethinking zoning laws, allowing accessory dwelling units and overriding local rules near public transit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

It’s great because she’s not overriding another judge’s order.

From Slate ● May 18, 2026

He recorded the moment in his journal, leavening his relief with the one overriding concern that had lent urgency to the work of all the atomic scientists of those years.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik