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overturn

[oh-ver-turn, oh-ver-turn] / ˌoʊ vərˈtɜrn, ˈoʊ vərˌtɜrn /


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Now Patterson's legal team is trying to overturn her convictions on appeal.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Researchers at Monash University have predicted an unusual new form of quantum matter that could overturn long-held assumptions about how ultracold particles behave.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

The high court rejected Trump’s first attempt to overturn the verdict in June.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected for a second time President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn a jury judgment that he sexually assaulted and defamed writer E Jean Carroll.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

He returned to England that summer, hoping to overturn the studies with his analysis, but was struck by pneumonia and died suddenly at home.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

"From the beginning, we knew these bones were exceptional because of their minute size. It is equally impressive how the study of this animal overturns global ideas on ornithopod dinosaur evolution," he says.

From Science Daily Feb. 3, 2026

The Federal Supreme Court therefore partially overturns the contested award and refers the case back to the CAS for a new ruling, taking into account the probative value of the audio-visual recording in question.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 29, 2026

But total overturns have also dropped from 57 in 2024-25 to 47 this season - a fall of 17.54%.

From BBC Jan. 13, 2026

The decision overturns the seizure of Nexperia by Karremans’ ministry from its Chinese owner, Wingtech Technology, late in September.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 19, 2025

Imagine the difficulty of listening to, and then accepting, a truth that overturns everything you believe about the world.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

That decision followed the defendant's return to Honduras, nearly eight months after Trump overturned his 45-year prison sentence.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

His 2020 conviction and 23-year prison sentence in New York for other alleged assaults was overturned and juries were deadlocked in subsequent retrials involving one of his accusers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

However, Hong Kong's top court overturned that conviction in 2022, with a judge ruling the police hadn't properly justified the vigil's ban.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The attack immediately overturned life for both Ms. Eubanks and her partner.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The boat crashed onto the rocks and overturned, throwing the giant into the sea.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

According to the traditional explanation, the added salt encourages the formation of North Atlantic Deep Water, which helps sustain Atlantic overturning.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

The appeals court did not rule on the ultimate merits of the case but concluded the administration had not shown it was likely to succeed in overturning the injunction at this stage.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

Together, those processes can make the water heavy enough to sink into the deep ocean, helping to drive the AMOC's overturning flow.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The Interior Department finalized the changes to its regulations last week, overturning five decades of precedent in how the law is interpreted.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

It was about the Angels, to be sure, but I couldn’t tell if Crosby was going to savage us or if the title was a setup designed to seduce viewers before overturning their preconceptions.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson




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