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After a 40-5 decision by the City Council, Daley turned over tens of thousands of parking spots to hungry investors with a 75-year lease.—
Jackson Potter,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026 -
His defense lawyers told the court that Fleming immediately confessed when confronted by authorities and turned over incriminating text messages from his cellphone that later led to Sangha’s arrest.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
13 May 2026
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That led to the Saints to overset the edge or overrun the ball carrier, creating huge cutback lanes.—
Lance Reisland,
cleveland,
23 Dec. 2022
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McGovern will often overset shaded defensive linemen, which opens up the inside move for defenders.—
John Owning,
Dallas News,
1 June 2020
Verb
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And now he's been toppled like so many other Republicans who crossed the president.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
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In another situation, a little over a mile away, firefighters were responding to power lines toppled by strong winds.—
Julia Avant,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
Verb
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This time, the agency was inverted.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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That is inverted for the Lakers, with a lower overall age, but is higher in age per minutes.—
David Troy,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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Under Lucas, the EEOC has upended decades of civil rights policy that once focused on the rights of women and people of color to match the president’s agenda, soliciting complaints from White men while dismissing cases on behalf of transgender employees.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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The appointment of the task force members was an issue in a legal challenge at the US Supreme Court last year in a case that could have upended the panel’s more recent recommendations.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
20 May 2026
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The truck was traveling along the Dhaka-Tangail highway and overturned into a roadside ditch near the eastern end of the Jamuna Bridge, Bangladesh's second-longest bridge, reported local newspaper The Daily Star.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
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Shack’s efforts were later overturned when singer and Florida citrus spokeswoman Anita Bryant petitioned to put the ordinance on the ballot, stoking anti-gay sentiment that led it to be repealed in June of 1977.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
24 May 2026
Verb
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The year before, a tourist boat capsized in the nearby area with 14 passengers and two crew members on board.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
24 May 2026
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Emergency officials said the vessel — a Sever-750 airboat designed to travel across both ice and water — capsized just offshore with 18 people aboard.—
Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2026
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The latter, however, would upset the uber-nationalists and war hawks who believe that nothing short of Ukraine’s full capitulation is acceptable for the mighty Russian state.—
Daniel DePetris,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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Standing in their way Saturday are the Duke Blue Devils, who are rightfully feeling themselves after upsetting one-loss Richmond.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
23 May 2026
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“Tumped (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumped%20%28over%29. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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