overrode

past tense of override

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of overrode Beshear vetoed that bill, which included a provision to reinstate tighter spending controls, but the legislature overrode his veto. Alex Acquisto, ProPublica, 30 July 2026 Beshear vetoed the 2021 and 2024 changes, but Republican lawmakers overrode him. Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 Tesla has disputed those claims, saying the driver manually overrode the system by pressing the accelerator. Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 29 June 2026 Days later, Congress overrode the veto. Nik Popli, Time, 8 June 2026 The House of Representatives again overrode Republican leaders to pass a bill that would authorize billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine and impose sanctions on Russia. Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 5 June 2026 This time Reynolds and other conservatives convinced Reagan to veto the initial legislation reversing the decision, but Congress overrode his veto, with support from nearly half of Senate Republicans. Ronald Brownstein, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026 President Wilson put up a fight, but the lawmakers overrode his veto, and that was that. Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026 The company overrode those warnings for commercial reasons. Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overrode
Verb
  • The kill-switch idea revisits an idea included in legislation Newsom vetoed two years ago.
    Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Maine lawmakers passed an 18-month moratorium in spring 2026, but Governor Janet Mills vetoed it.
    Austyn Gaffney, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • There was nothing that had escaped being stamped with the Festival’s ubiquitous emblem–sweets, cigarettes, perfume, even sandals–Specially designed to keep you cool and smartly shod for fun-loving Festival walking!
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Supreme’s modifications are purely cosmetic, as the streetwear label has stamped the upper of each boot with a repeating diamond tread pattern.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • One candidate for the job, Tigers general manager Jeff Greenberg, publicly withdrew from consideration last week.
    Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Ingebrigtsen won the 5,000 on opening night but withdrew from the shorter race, saying his fitness wasn't good enough for two races so close together in the wake of Achilles surgery earlier this year.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • He was brought to the prison infirmary, where numerous guards surrounded, punched, kicked, choked, dropped and manhandled him.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Witnesses said Butka accused the boy of speeding through the neighborhood, pushed him off his bike and kicked him, according to a Sheriff’s report.
    Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Then on Wednesday, Dino overruled his colleague and restored the two senior police officials to their posts.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Then on Wednesday, Justice Flávio Dino overruled his colleague and restored the two senior police officials to their posts.
    MAURICIO SAVARESE, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In his last at-bat of the series, Olson smashed his 39th homer of the season.
    Jesús Cano, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Broken engine parts struck the side of the plane and smashed the window, leaving one passenger with serious injuries, according to investigators.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Bulldogs visit Arkansas, which just got stomped by Utah, to open SEC play Saturday.
    Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Even when stomped into the mud by a 17,500-pound apex predator, dinosaur footprints rarely last long enough to fossilize over millions of years.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • When leadership looks for savings, the instinct is to hunt for programs that ran over budget.
    Ryan Austin, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The Canadian fan event ran over the weekend through Sunday at the Metro Toronto Convention Center in Toronto.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026

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“Overrode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overrode. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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