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
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
However, Kobach acknowledged to The Star that his office did not perform an analysis of the 49 other state supreme courts to determine whether Kansas’ overturn rate of 87.5% in recent decades was in fact the highest.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
Kamila Shamsie
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Thursday night's ruling overturned a temporary restraining order that had been paused during appeals.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 20 June 2025
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Verb
The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center’s Congressional Review Act Window Exploratory Dashboard, allows users to examine the populations of rules eligible for overturn in 2025.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
However, Kobach acknowledged to The Star that his office did not perform an analysis of the 49 other state supreme courts to determine whether Kansas’ overturn rate of 87.5% in recent decades was in fact the highest.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
Homophobic laws are politics, and so are the lives that people can live as a consequence of those laws being overturned.
—Kamila Shamsie
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Thursday night's ruling overturned a temporary restraining order that had been paused during appeals.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 20 June 2025
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In May, six people were killed when a private jet crashed into a residential neighborhood in San Diego, and another crash that month resulted in three fatalities and nine missing after a boat capsized nearby.—
Jesus Mesa
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
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Also that month, two men died and two others were listed in critical condition after their boat capsized on Long Island Sound.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
3 June 2025
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His veto of the strikers bill was expected and came with a consistent and clearly stated rationale.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2025
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The critics hang their hat on the War Powers Resolution (WPR), a law passed by Congress in 1973 over President Richard Nixon’s veto.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2025
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In its filing, Tesla urged coordination between government and industry to minimize uncertainty that could upset supply chains, citing its ties to Asia, Europe and Africa.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
24 June 2025
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The Gary Housing Authority Executive Director charged with two counts of strangulation and two misdemeanor counts of domestic battery was upset over a relative in the house cooking food, court documents show.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
23 June 2025
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Mary Jo Cain Reis, who says her father, of Cocoa Beach, was a victim of medical negligence, is already talking to the lawmakers to garner support for an override of the veto.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2025
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Lawmakers also nearly issued the first veto override of Gov. Jared Polis’ seven-session tenure as part of a greater bucking of the state’s chief executive that also included sidestepping his desire to delay new artificial intelligence regulations.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
10 May 2025
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The revolt by a large number of Labour MPs against benefit cuts imposed by Keir Starmer is an example.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Rumors of connections between Saint Domingue and slave resistance abounded in Virginia after 1793 and shaped how whites understood Gabriel’s revolt in Richmond in 1800.—
Time,
Time,
9 June 2025
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Without a proper response from the immune system, even the most efficient organs won’t prevent the body from collapsing.—
Marcin Nowak,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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The agreement ultimately collapsed after China withdrew following Trump's tariff announcement.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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But a December revolution ended the Assad family’s rule, and the former Islamist militant who leads the new government has sought new investment and trade links, which Gulf states in particular have been quick to offer.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
1 July 2025
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On July 7th, Uranus, the planet of disruption, awakening, and revolution, enters Gemini for the first time since 1942.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
30 June 2025
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One day in 1997, after a fire, the Giuliani administration sent a wrecking ball to topple the building.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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Cruz’s comments about regime change in Iran put him at odds with some MAGA figures, including Carlson, who oppose efforts to topple the country’s leadership and have warned against President Donald Trump involving the U.S. in Israel’s air strikes on Iran, which began June 13.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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“Overturn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overturn. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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