as in to capsize
to turn on one's side or upside down
afraid that my kayak would overturn
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as in veto
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as in overthrow
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Recent Examples of overturn
Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
In November 2024, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned Smollett's conviction, saying the actor should not have been charged for the same incident a second time after his original charges were dropped.
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Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
And while his overturn percentage is lower, his eight strikeouts gained by challenges lead the league.
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Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
16 Apr. 2026
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Verb
The Biden administration sought to provide widespread debt relief, making a number of incremental measures to reduce borrowers’ debt even as its more sweeping effort got overturned at the Supreme Court.
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Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
In November 2024, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned Smollett's conviction, saying the actor should not have been charged for the same incident a second time after his original charges were dropped.
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Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Noun
Suarez wound up retiring nine straight batters after that replay overturn, and 22 of the next 23 between the first and eighth innings.
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Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
And while his overturn percentage is lower, his eight strikeouts gained by challenges lead the league.
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Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
16 Apr. 2026
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Of the 10 people on the boat, seven were rescued after the boat capsized, a spokesperson for the Walworth County Sheriff's Office confirmed to the outlet.
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Three people died and seven others were rescued Friday after a boat capsized in Geneva Lake as a strong storm passed through southern Wisconsin, an official said.
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Others became law without Kelly’s signature or were enacted over her veto by Republicans in the House and Senate.
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DeSantis’ vetoes carved roughly $800 million from the $115 billion state budget the Legislature passed in May, including 140 projects requested by Miami-Dade lawmakers that are worth nearly $88 million, according to a Miami Herald analysis.
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Still, the timing of Saturday’s announcement suggests the protests — the biggest string of rallies since the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic in 2000 — have played a role.
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Haitian soldiers seasoned on American battlefields during the revolution later sparked Haiti’s overthrow of French colonial rule, depriving France of its most profitable slave colony and ending one of the most brutal enslavement of human beings in modern world history.
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France will play Paraguay in the round of 16 on Saturday, facing the team that eliminated Germany in a shocking upset during a penalty shootout on Monday.
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Unfortunately for Freddy’s team, Germany was upset by Paraguay in a penalty shootout in the round of 32, ending their World Cup title hopes in the first knockout stage.
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Republican leaders in the House and Senate failed to muster the votes to enact the bill into law over Kelly’s veto, and no override attempt was made.
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In that view, the fragrance acts less as a chemical override and more as a sensory cue that brings out confidence in the wearer and association in the person nearby.
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The Declaration of Independence, often perceived as a tax revolt, explicitly mentions taxes only once among its 27 grievances, dedicating just eight words to the issue.
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Soon, this kind of spirit will carry the 13 colonies to protest, revolt and win the American Revolution.
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The camaraderie was evident on the ground here in La Guaira, the coastal city where quake damage was most severe, collapsing dozens of buildings.
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The dogs, specially trained to detect human scent, have spent days searching for people trapped beneath the rubble of nearly 200 buildings that collapsed following the two powerful back-to-back earthquakes.
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The appropriate remedy is congressional overruling of the Marquette case so as to allow the states to regulate loans to their own citizens.
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In recent years, the court’s conservative majority overruling of major, longstanding precedents has become a defining feature of Roberts’ tenure.
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“Overturn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overturn. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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