overturned

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Two overturned calls in the first inning helped Yamamoto settle into the game, catcher Dalton Rushing said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Last season a record four red cards were overturned on appeal after a player had been wrongly sent off.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Our 36 study participants are among the 3,820 people recognized by the National Registry of Exonerations as having their false convictions overturned based on actual innocence.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

In 2019, he wrote the 7-2 decision that overturned the murder conviction of Curtis Flowers, who had been accused of killing four people at a rural furniture store in 1996.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Harry followed, gazing around, half-scared of what he might see hidden behind the wreck of the piano or the overturned sofa, but there was no sign of a body.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling