overturn

Example Sentences

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These developments could overturn previously unfavorable supply-demand dynamics, lifting crude oil prices and bringing the $100/bbl level into focus, the senior market analyst adds.

From The Wall Street Journal

Referee Darren England did not award a penalty and video assistant referee Tony Harrington felt there was no need to overturn the decision.

From BBC

The volunteers faced charges, including “abandonment of property” and felony harboring, though the convictions for some were later overturned.

From Los Angeles Times

Their findings show that at least one microbe can tolerate ambiguity in its genetic code, overturning a central assumption in biology.

From Science Daily

None of the teenagers can be named due to their age after judge Mr Justice Bright rejected an application from the media to overturn reporting restrictions.

From BBC