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[oh-ver-rahyd, oh-ver-rahyd] / ˌoʊ vərˈraɪd, ˈoʊ vərˌraɪd /


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

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

Investigators say the driver acted to override the car’s automated driving assistance system.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

But the government must satisfy some meaningful evidentiary standard at the border before it may override the default rule and strip an LPR of the protections of permanent residency.

From Slate Jun. 23, 2026

The world’s foremost party planning committee, with the cachet to override branded venue names with generic, location-based names — Los Angeles Stadium instead of SoFi Stadium — on Google and Apple maps?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

“Agent Jones! So ... we have to make a PowerPoint presentation to override the system?”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

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

Yet the federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission insists that it has jurisdiction over prediction markets, which overrides state laws that prohibit or regulate gambling.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 2026

Employees are no longer trained to perform overrides they are not expected to use.

From Science Daily Apr. 5, 2026

I know I shouldn’t snoop, but curiosity quickly overrides my conscience as it often does—snoop-control issues—and I’m bending down and randomly perusing some of the papers on the floor: mostly old letters.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

On the same night it approved the contracts, the board overrode its own chief financial officer to pull $175 million from a fund set aside for retiree health benefits.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

One study found that Congress used to overturn several opinions practically every term, including a particularly effective 1991 Congress that overrode eight Supreme Court decisions.

From Slate Jul. 6, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 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

The adrenaline rush that overrode the sensation has passed and my body parts join in a chorus of complaints.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

There were "strong" powers to protect the freedom to protest, she said, but they could be overridden on the advice of the police.

From BBC Oct. 3, 2025

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

Their twisted boughs, stooping to the ground, were overridden by a clambering maze of old briars.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

The 2013 US Open champion said his "overriding emotion was disappointment at not being able to enjoy two more rounds".

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

"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

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

The only overriding lesson may be that there are no overriding lessons.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

And indeed the overriding emotion of American Tune’ is an understated patriotism that is characterised not by cynicism but rather by gratitude.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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