overturning

verb

present participle of overturn
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 For instance, the measure would prevent courts from overturning approvals of qualifying projects because of CEQA violations. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 Three previous attempts to evict the 87-year-old were denied by the courts, but in March, the Supreme Court ruled against her, overturning a January 2022 decision in her favor. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026 As well as overturning the 2024 standards, the EPA is proposing to roll back its authority to regulate climate pollution from power plants. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026 Kavanaugh wrote an opinion in 2012 overturning the terrorism conviction of a driver and bodyguard for Osama bin Laden. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 Rothman nevertheless joined Justice Deborah Sweeney in overturning the convictions because of the trial errors. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2026 Over the past several years, two proposals have involved two ballot measures lifting a height limit, two court rulings overturning those votes, two developers, two mayors, and now two bills approved by the Legislature to boost the current project. — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 The majority, once again overturning the conclusions of the lower courts, said that a challenge by some two dozen states was premature and that the states lacked standing because they weren’t harmed by the order. — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026 But a few months later, with McCurdy’s help, the organization had its first success overturning a state ban. — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overturning
  1. collapsing
  2. capsizing
  3. upsetting
  4. toppling
  5. falling
  6. turning over
  7. upending
  8. tilting
Verb
  • His message delivery is no more successful than Todd’s, and now the entire conference is in danger of collapsing.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The wounded man fled across the parking lot before collapsing near Seminary Drive, where responding officers attempted lifesaving measures.
    — Giles Hudson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of collapsing
Verb
  • The rip currents and massive surf are capable of capsizing small boats, knocking people off jetties and pulling swimmers out to sea.
    — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Prosecutors said Hernandez piloted the boat into a swell and had accelerated the throttle to try to pass through it until the swell swamped the bow of the boat, capsizing it immediately, a complaint alleged.
    — Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of capsizing
Verb
  • Yes, the Jaguars are obviously much happier after going into Cincinnati and upsetting the Bengals.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Your dad’s health and well-being must come first, so stop worrying about upsetting this person.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of upsetting
Verb
  • For the Houthis, success on the battlefield doesn’t require toppling Saudi Arabia; disrupting the Saudi economy and sowing fear within its society may be enough to give the Houthis leverage in any possible negotiations to end the fighting.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
  • But further strengthening is unlikely due to a roadblock of storm-toppling wind shear set up just off the northern coast.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of toppling
Verb
  • The disruption has sent transits through the straits of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb falling sharply after mostly recovering to their pre-war levels.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
  • This all comes at a time when supply is falling — and falling faster than demand is recovering.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of falling
Verb
  • California is among the states that successfully sued, in part by arguing that turning over the data would violate state privacy laws.
    — SAFIYAH RIDDLE, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The event began more than a century ago following a tempestuous season of shenanigans (like turning over outhouses and letting cows loose down Main Street); the city’s leaders decided to keep residents occupied every October from then on.
    — Michelle Mastro, Midwest Living, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of turning over
Verb
  • Adrift Buendía Estudios Canarias, Boomerang TV, Atresmedia Five fishermen, who are presumed dead, return home two years later, upending the lives their wives had rebuilt without them.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • This is important to me, because as much as these tech companies claim to be upending everything with AI and claiming extraordinarily special privileges as a result, there is still legal gravity constraining them.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of upending
Verb
  • Technological dominance has been tilting toward Moscow of late, exposing Ukraine’s vulnerability to Russia’s relentlessly modernizing war machine.
    — Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Hollywood’s center of gravity is increasingly tilting to the East Coast.
    — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of tilting

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“Overturning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overturning. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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