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

He also says he’s not overturning Congress when it reauthorized the Voting Rights Act.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Their findings show that at least one microbe can tolerate ambiguity in its genetic code, overturning a central assumption in biology.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

The frightened animals bolted through a rail fence, overturning the wagon and kicking themselves loose from the tongue.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt