overrule
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An appeals court refused to overrule the judge.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Reached for comment Wednesday, Moriarty compared the Justice Department’s decision to overrule Evans to its actions after ICE agents killed Renee Good.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
In rare cases they can overrule the results of an assessment if they still have concerns about a player's performance in it or there was an error in administering it.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
They can also overrule parliament’s upper house if the two chambers clash on legislation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Only once a year did the need to dispose of a mountain of wrapping paper and cardboard packaging overrule Desdemona’s objections to using our fireplace.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Slaughter, the majority opinion said the “Humphrey’s framework has not withstood the test of time” and the court therefore overrules it.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
The agency overrules Vinay Prasad’s refusal to consider Moderna’s shot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Shirani's results indicate that the fact that the active catalytic subunit overrules its inhibitory components is what's important, not a structural change in the kinase itself.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024
Or does the sign proclaim that love overrules and, if so, over what?
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
A little sympathy is expressed for the poor man who was shot by mistake, and then the humour of the situation overrules every other consideration.
From Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Bernard H. Becker
The Division of Elections kicked the teacher off the ballot but got overruled by a state judge after he appealed, arguing he met the qualifications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
A czar who can be overruled overnight on the central tactics of his own operation is not a czar.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
His body will not be overruled by a blackout blind.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The only other time a red-card suspension was overruled during a World Cup was in 1962, when Brazilian attacker Garrincha was allowed to play in the final after Brazil’s prime minister lobbied on his behalf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
He wanted to call it George, after the British monarch, but was overruled.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
After oral arguments in the spring, the three judges issued a complex decision affirming Carter’s finding of discrimination but overruling his order invalidating UCLA’s lease for its baseball stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
He has since taken his argument to world football governing body Fifa, who ruled earlier this week that overruling the contract was not within its jurisdiction.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
It led, in the first phase, to the overruling of Bowers, in the Lawrence case, then progressed from there to Obergefell some years later.
From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2026
Never mind that he and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary criticized their predecessors for overruling staff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
“There must have been an overruling in Moscow,” Bundy said.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
