overturn
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And in that interview he discussed why he thinks it unlikely the court will overturn the marriage equality decision, Obergefell.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
In April, a US appeals court heard arguments to overturn his prison sentence but has not yet issued a decision.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Cue the CRA, which lets lawmakers overturn a regulation with a simple majority vote of both chambers and the President’s signature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Carla Lockhart, a local MP from the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party, called the appeal overturn "seismic" and said residents had nothing to fear.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Its thick pilings caused races in the current that could trap a small boat and maybe even overturn it.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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The ruling overturns a case that had held sway for 91 years.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
However, the KMI Panel unanimously supported the non-VAR intervention, stating that it was "in keeping with the high threshold for VAR overturns".
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
"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
“There we have an opinion that overturns three hundred and seventy-five years of critical appreciation. Is there a particular reason that you find it ‘stupid’?”
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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Switzerland’s Federal Administrative Court overturned an 18 million Swiss franc antitrust fine against Swisscom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
British courts overturned the convictions of six men across two cases for charges related to alleged rigging of the London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor, during the 2008 financial panic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
In some cases, years of litigation have led to permits for oil, gas and coal projects being overturned, including in the UK.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
All convictions in the United States were overturned in 2022 after an appeal court ruled that there was insufficient evidence that the traders' requests had broken any rules or laws.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
He’d already overturned the bag and scattered its innards all over the shaggy olive green carpet.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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One is the necessity, except in unusual circumstances, to heed precedent, since overturning it can have unsettling consequences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
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
In the Age of Sugar, when slavery was more brutal than ever before, the idea that all humans are equal began to spread—toppling kings, overturning governments, transforming the entire world.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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