overturn

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It was decided to overturn a committee decision not to proceed with an Irish street sign at Onslow Gardens, off the Cregagh Road in east Belfast.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Sauer kept returning to his claim that the lone purpose of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause was to overturn Dred Scott and grant citizenship to newly freed slaves and their children.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

Neither of these cases directly overturn the precedents in Massachusetts v.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

Dr. Dorstyn noted that the findings overturn the assumption that inhibiting Caspase-2 is always beneficial.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

I expected the raft to overturn at any moment.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel