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
Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
Bayern could only draw 1-1, failing to overturn a 5-4 deficit from the first leg of this Champions League semi-final to lose the tie 6-5 on aggregate.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Even with that 70% overturn rate, Segal didn’t have the worst opening-weekend umpiring outing.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Late last year, the administration issued stop-work orders for all major offshore wind projects under construction, a move that was later overturned by the courts.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
Bayern could only draw 1-1, failing to overturn a 5-4 deficit from the first leg of this Champions League semi-final to lose the tie 6-5 on aggregate.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Noun
And far worse if a postseason game is decided by an overturn that, due to the margin of error, might have been flat wrong.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Even with that 70% overturn rate, Segal didn’t have the worst opening-weekend umpiring outing.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overturn
Verb
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Wind gusts of the rapidly advancing storm that had capsized our canoe on Friday had been clocked at about 35 to 40 knots by the Chapleau air base.—
Jim Hoagland,
Outdoor Life,
30 Apr. 2026
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Earlier this month, more than 80 migrants went missing after a boat that departed a Libyan coastal town capsized in the central Mediterranean.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Reviewing and deleting unnecessary spending via the line item veto or outright rejection for that particular spending program.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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The mayor’s veto eliminated a measure to reduce public hostility at a time of toxic divisions fraying the city.—
Andrew Cuomo,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
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Four waves of protest since 2017 have explicitly demanded its overthrow.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2026
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Washington at one point also pushed for the overthrow of Iran’s theocracy.—
Jon Gambrell,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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On the women’s side, where blowouts are many and upsets rare, some of those first-round games figure to be can’t-watch TV.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
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In the co-main event, WBA super middleweight championship fight, Jaime Munguía (46-2, 35 KOs) upset title holder Armando Reséndiz (16-3, 11 KOs) by winning a resounding unanimous decision.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 May 2026
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Annually update first responder interaction plans, access to manual vehicle override systems, two-way communication links with 30-second response times and training requirements to ensure safe and timely interactions.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Considering an override and voluntary tax increase is a non-starter for Methuen residents, the mayor said.—
Kristina Rex,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Ultimately, Wales’ revolt against Labour is not simply a march to Reform.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
6 May 2026
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The next national election does not have to be held until 2029, but a wipeout on Thursday could tip a restive Labour Party into revolt against its unpopular leader.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 May 2026
Verb
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In 1980, 35 people were killed when a freighter rammed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida, causing a 1,300-foot section of the southbound span to collapse.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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And today, for the time being, the regime has collapsed totally.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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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.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Overturn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overturn. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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