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overturn

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


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Former supermodel Naomi Campbell won a legal challenge on Thursday to overturn a five-year ban on being a charity trustee after a panel accepted she had been the victim of deception.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Developer NorthPoint then sued the township to overturn the decision, an action still being litigated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

On Sept. 4, the U.S. court of appeals by a 2-1 vote refused to overturn her ruling, prompting the administration’s fast-track appeal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

He helped City overturn their two-year European ban in 2020.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

When the cars round a bend, they feel as if they might overturn.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

This discovery overturns a long accepted assumption and suggests a new explanation for gallium's remarkably low melting point.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

The ruling overturns a case that had held sway for 91 years.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 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

Le Pen will be hoping the appeals court overturns the lower-court's verdict and clears her name and path to run for the highest office in France for the fourth time.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026

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

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

When a call is overturned, Baseball Savant measures the difference in run expectancy between the situation before the pitch/challenge and the situation after the call is flipped.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Microsoft initially lost, with a federal judge ordering the company to be broken in two, though that order was later overturned on appeal and the case was ultimately settled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

But shortly before midnight, a three-judge Court of Appeal panel overturned the injunction, ruling that the judge had "erred in law".

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Carefully we slid my coat under the overturned basket, then upended it.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

The broader lesson is that the main forces governing Atlantic overturning may not remain constant throughout Earth's history.

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

You picked up little tricks: overturning your boots each morning in case a scorpion or some other critter had crept inside; shaking out your blanket for rattlesnakes before lying down at night.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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