as in collapsing
to turn on one's side or upside down
afraid that my kayak would overturn
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Recent Examples of overturning
Spoelstra used his coach’s challenge on an offensive foul committed by Adebayo that Miami had zero chance of overturning.
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2026
Five tornadoes ripped through parts of three Eastern North Carolina counties on Thursday, March 12, injuring a person in a home, tearing roofs, slicing trees and overturning campers, the National Weather Service reported late Friday.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2026
Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority, made no effort to consider the public-policy rationale that had led Congress to make the law, or the cascading consequences of overturning it.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Seda also said that more than 100 vehicles were damaged, with some overturning on the roadside and in parking bays.
—ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
Last month, in a separate case, Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal handed Lai a rare legal victory by overturning his conviction for fraud and quashing a 69-month sentence.
—Reuters 8 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
The white truck struck the motorcycle and continued into an irrigation canal, overturning.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
But David Oppenheimer, a UC Berkeley law professor and director of the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law, said overturning affirmative action would create more inequality and less opportunity in the workplace.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
Barcelona first entered the top eight on the hour-mark after overturning a one-goal deficit against Copenhagen, while Manchester City took a two-goal lead within half an hour at home to Galatasaray.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2026
Five tornadoes ripped through parts of three Eastern North Carolina counties on Thursday, March 12, injuring a person in a home, tearing roofs, slicing trees and overturning campers, the National Weather Service reported late Friday.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2026
Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority, made no effort to consider the public-policy rationale that had led Congress to make the law, or the cascading consequences of overturning it.
—Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Seda also said that more than 100 vehicles were damaged, with some overturning on the roadside and in parking bays.
—ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
Last month, in a separate case, Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal handed Lai a rare legal victory by overturning his conviction for fraud and quashing a 69-month sentence.
—Reuters 8 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
The white truck struck the motorcycle and continued into an irrigation canal, overturning.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
But David Oppenheimer, a UC Berkeley law professor and director of the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law, said overturning affirmative action would create more inequality and less opportunity in the workplace.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
Barcelona first entered the top eight on the hour-mark after overturning a one-goal deficit against Copenhagen, while Manchester City took a two-goal lead within half an hour at home to Galatasaray.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overturning
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Sloshing out from the inaccessible hearts of collapsing stars and from the tumultuous spacetime churnings of merging black holes and neutron stars, gravitational waves provide deep, fundamental insights about these faraway astrophysical systems that are otherwise unavailable.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
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This one shows Peter Parker, out of costume, collapsing.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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The Frontex patrol boat sank off the tiny Greek island of Kastellorizo after capsizing, the coast guard said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Operators of another boat happened to be on the phone with the Coast Guard checking conditions in the inlet and reported the vessel, the Moonstruck, capsizing, according to The Coastland Times.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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McNeese secured a March Madness bid by upsetting SFA in the Southland conference tournament, winning the school’s third consecutive Southland championship.—
Ryan Brennan
March 16,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Mar. 2026
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McNeese secured a March Madness bid by upsetting SFA in the Southland Conference Tournament.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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There are also concerns that toppling a regime that's been so firmly in control of the country for nearly half a century, with no obvious new administration waiting to take over, could simply create chaos.—
Haley Ott,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Dozens of shipping containers on a vessel at the Port of Long Beach were lost or damaged after heavy weather sent them toppling over in the harbor, the Coast Guard said.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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Conyears-Ervin, Chicago’s treasurer since 2019, launched her second bid for the seat after falling short of unseating incumbent Davis two years ago.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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In fact, the temperature at Camp Mabry, Austin’s main weather observation site, tied the record for the largest 24-hour temperature drop, falling 58 degrees from a high of 97 degrees Sunday afternoon to a low of 39 degrees Monday morning.—
Newsroom Meteorologist,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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Those leases were expiring, and the families could not afford to renew them, so Villanueva helped exhume the bodies, turning over the bones to a forensic pathologist who examined the remains and kept records for future use.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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All of which is to say, Morgan needs to keep turning over stones.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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But Iran’s attacks on ships using the strait that are not its own have stopped that supply of oil, even fertilizer, upending those and other markets around the world.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Mar. 2026
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Those provisions would take effect immediately upon passage, potentially upending the 2026 midterm elections which will decide who controls the House and Senate.—
Justin Papp,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
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The Starlinks still leave streaks in telescope images, but SpaceX has, after consultations with the astronomy community, managed to reduce the satellites' brightness by using less reflective materials and tilting reflective components like solar panels away from Earth.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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The game required Kobrya to guess the price of the trip by tilting a platform with four numbers to show the correct price — either $7,359 or $9,537.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Overturning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overturning. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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