overturned

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Unai Emery's Villa side overturned a 1-0 first leg defeat to thrash Forest 4-1 on aggregate on Thursday and set up a Europa League final meeting with Bundesliga side Freiburg in Istanbul on 20 May.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

When catchers challenge on behalf of their pitchers, which they have done more than 1,100 times, they’ve gotten the call overturned 60% of the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Everton and Manchester United both failed in their appeals to get the red cards, and resulting three-game bans, overturned, so it is unlikely Ballard and Sunderland will be successful should they make a challenge.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

“I have tried over 100 jury trials and have lost only four,” she said, adding that one loss was later overturned.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

I did find a scow overturned by the water’s edge, but could not find Clippinger himself.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson