overturned

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Weinstein was initially convicted of assaulting Mann in 2020, but that verdict, along with another charge, was overturned in April 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Alex Cole-Hamilton's party overturned a large SNP majority in Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, where former deputy first minister Kate Forbes was stepping down.

From BBC • May 8, 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

He and Tommy Flaherty had been coming home late at night—where they’d been, her mother hadn’t said—and they’d taken a turn too fast and Tommy’s Buick had skidded and then overturned.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng