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What: A Spotify podcast hosted by Meghan, who said she intended to “dissect, explore, and subvert the labels that try to hold women back”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

"But there is this small minority - and it is a small minority - who have always set about trying to subvert the system and cheat," he added.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

Critics of the bills say they subvert the rights of local communities.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026

As an “SCTV” early adopter, O’Hara was first attractive to me because she was funny, but she was also beautiful — a beauty she could subvert by a subtle or broad rearrangement of her features.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

“Well, it is certainly important to subvert the patriarchal paradigm, and I suppose this is a way All right, then,” he said, stepping to the left of the podium.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

First, AI subverts the tech giants’ economies of scale by lowering the relatively high fixed costs of writing software, which had served as a protective moat for these companies.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026

“Elections should be free from fraud or any other malfeasance that subverts the will of the people,” she added.

From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2026

The documentary surfaces footage from performances in which Selena subverts the idea of the well-manicured image that the Quintanilla family has constantly put out of the singer in the 30 years since her death.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025

However the company had previously come out strongly against this kind of data collection, saying in a 2019 blog that fingerprinting "subverts user choice and is wrong."

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2025

The first sentence, which says that most Internet users go to news sites in their own country, subverts its attempt to express a resemblance relation in three ways.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

“Up All Night” is filled with examples of how nightclubs subverted social hierarchies and thrived in opposition to mainstream culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

The prosecution argued that procedural rules of the committee were subverted, through secret messages before the meeting between the three defendants.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025

“Will & Grace” further subverted the gay bestie trope by assigning Will his own gay best friend, Sean Hayes’ Jack.

From Salon ● May 29, 2025

The stakes in Season 1 were very clear — get Ellie to where she can be used to make a cure — even if they were subverted in the end.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2025

They'd lied to us and subverted the judicial process.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

In short, City effectively stand accused of subverting Premier League rules that clubs had agreed to comply with, and of distorting the competition over multiple seasons.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

From the film’s opening sequence, Fennell delights in subverting expectations.

From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026

The removals were dubious from a legal standpoint, subverting due process and legal proceedings linked to extradition treaties signed by Mexico, say lawyers, security analysts and former officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

D’Aquino’s defense: She had been slyly subverting the propaganda machine the whole time, entertaining Americans with facetious language no one could take seriously and introducing upbeat American music the GIs actually loved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

Cool things going on with subverting trad, ideas of femininity etc.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner