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
Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
On Tuesday, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court’s ruling in the environmental case.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 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
The rally comes one month after the NC Supreme Court overturned a 2022 decision in the 32-year-old Leandro case that would’ve required the state to transfer hundreds of millions in additional dollars to public schools.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
On Tuesday, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court’s ruling in the environmental case.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 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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The victims include 12 men and five women who drowned when their boat capsized while attempting the often-dangerous journey to Europe.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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In midst of the 1996-1997 race and battling hurricane-force winds and waves reaching six stories high, Goss decided to turn back into the storm to save fellow competitor Raphaël Dinelli, whose boat had capsized thousands of miles from land.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2026
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Super-majority thresholds are common in government (like a 67% requirement to over-ride a governor’s veto) and in the private sector.—
Kent Thiry,
Denver Post,
27 Apr. 2026
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Letterboxd co-founder Matthew Buchanan retains veto rights over any potential buyer, a condition intended to preserve the site’s original spirit.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
27 Apr. 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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Caloric restriction, for example, upset her menstruation.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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Coral upset experienced veterans of the sport, Christina Gasparich from Los Angeles, and Calla Allison from San Clemente, both of whom have been on the USA National BodySurfing Team for the past three years in-a-row.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Cunningham, who lost a three-person Democratic primary in March after bucking her party on a veto override vote, is now registered as an unaffiliated voter.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Apr. 2026
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Denver voters last approved a $32 million override in 2020, which DPS used to increase teacher wages and fund mental health, nursing and special education services.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2026
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This tweet sparked a fierce revolt from tech executives and investors, many of whom were previously among Khanna’s biggest donors and allies.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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In England chaos reaches its zenith when a Kentishman named Jack Cade, encouraged by York (who has been sent to put down a revolt in Ireland), mounts an insurrection that plays havoc in the streets of London.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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At Yale University, a committee of professors wanted to know why public trust in higher education had collapsed.—
Steven P. Dinkin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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But after that decent start, their form collapsed.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 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 30 Apr. 2026.
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