overturning

Example Sentences

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This deal would do the opposite by weakening safeguards and overturning a valuable precedent.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Ultimately, Reagan signed a reauthorized VRA, overturning Bolden by embracing the effects test for Section 2 and extending the legislation’s preclearance requirements in Sections 4 and 5 to 2007.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

The memory actually performs better as it becomes smaller, overturning a long-held assumption in electronics.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

You’re overturning a lot of unspoken rules in the art world.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

He sucked in his breath and tried again, and then he bolted up, overturning his chair, turned his back to me, and started to walk out.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg