as in overturning
to turn on one's side or upside down
a huge wave out of nowhere caused our little sailboat to capsize
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In June, the Supreme Court allowed DOGE to access SSA records, overturning lower-court decisions that imposed some limits on data access.—
Jon Brodkin,
ArsTechnica,
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Adams’ tactics rendered the gag rule toothless and useless, prompting even six southern Congressmen to vote in favor of overturning it.—
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24 Sep. 2025
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Last week, as financial panic escalated following Milei’s party’s poor showing in local elections, Argentina’s central bank spent more than $1 billion of its foreign currency reserves to keep the peso from collapsing.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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Long after John Quincy Adams passed away in 1848 (collapsing of a stroke while working at his desk in the Capitol), newer versions emerged—as Jim Crow laws, after the failure of Reconstruction in the 1870s, and later as the filibuster during the civil rights movement of the mid-20th century.—
Time,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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Baltimore's lone victory this season came against the Cleveland Browns, who, despite upsetting the Green Bay Packers last week, are also 1-3 and equally struggling.—
Hunter Simpson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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The oil and gas outsiders at Venture Global are doing so by upending project design norms, upsetting the Big Oil hierarchy, and dominating the nascent gas export industry.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
25 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Corey Feldman and Jenna Johnson, along with Baron Davis and Britt Stewart, were sent home after falling short in judges’ scores and viewer votes.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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After falling behind by five runs, the Mets scored five in the fifth, one inning before learning of a significant opportunity in front of them.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Capsizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capsizing. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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