subverted

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As the Gilded Age rolled on, one female game designer subverted the script.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

For disabled artist Panteha Abareshi, this expectation is subverted as they present their desire and bodily experience to be dissected and examined in “CAREOTICS: on giving and taking” at Human Resources.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

Sentencing, Lord Arthurson said each of the men were "self-serving, arrogant and mendacious", adding they had "subverted public trust in NHS management".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 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

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

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson