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
Nonetheless, overturning the election would be unprecedented in Colombian history.
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David Unsworth,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Ehrlich said athletes very well could continue to petition courts for extended eligibility based on antitrust arguments, but appellate courts recently have delivered wins for the NCAA by overturning preliminary injunctions in several cases.
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ABC News,
23 June 2026
In overturning that verdict, the appeals court said the jury's question should have gotten a more fulsome answer, including the possibility of discounting all the confessions.
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CBS News,
22 June 2026
The impact caused the Toyota to leave the roadway and strike a concrete structure before overturning and landing back in the travel lane.
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Emily Carmela Nelson,
Idaho Statesman,
22 June 2026
Mahajan’s father and brother, who remained aboard the runaway horse carriage, managed to escape injury, despite the carriage colliding with a second one and overturning on a park drive.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
However, nobody to date has proposed doing so by overturning gerontocracy.
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Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
Within a year, the Legislature beefed up safety regulations on mobile homes, requiring them to be secured with anchors and tie-downs to prevent overturning and sliding during heavy winds.
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Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
While exceptionally rare, there is recent precedent for Missouri courts overturning elections.
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Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
David Unsworth,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Ehrlich said athletes very well could continue to petition courts for extended eligibility based on antitrust arguments, but appellate courts recently have delivered wins for the NCAA by overturning preliminary injunctions in several cases.
—
ABC News,
23 June 2026
In overturning that verdict, the appeals court said the jury's question should have gotten a more fulsome answer, including the possibility of discounting all the confessions.
—
CBS News,
22 June 2026
The impact caused the Toyota to leave the roadway and strike a concrete structure before overturning and landing back in the travel lane.
—
Emily Carmela Nelson,
Idaho Statesman,
22 June 2026
Mahajan’s father and brother, who remained aboard the runaway horse carriage, managed to escape injury, despite the carriage colliding with a second one and overturning on a park drive.
—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
However, nobody to date has proposed doing so by overturning gerontocracy.
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Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
Within a year, the Legislature beefed up safety regulations on mobile homes, requiring them to be secured with anchors and tie-downs to prevent overturning and sliding during heavy winds.
—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
While exceptionally rare, there is recent precedent for Missouri courts overturning elections.
—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overturning
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Everything is collapsing around them, but Richie has a plan.
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This process is collapsing the filmmaking process into fewer steps, Amazon Web Services’ General Manager of Media and Entertainment Samira Bakhtiar said in an interview.
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The Frontex patrol boat sank off the tiny Greek island of Kastellorizo after capsizing, the coast guard said.
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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.
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Saudi Arabia is looking for its first World Cup win since upsetting eventual champion Argentina in its 2022 opener.
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There were so many ways to do it without upsetting the people who were waiting to be upset.
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On Wednesday evening, Venezuela was hit with its largest tremors in more than a century — toppling buildings and claiming more than 100 lives.
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In both cases, tornadoes about 200 yards wide traveled roughly 2 miles, toppling trees, tossing lawn furniture and knocking down power lines.
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The aim is to prevent the level of pensions from falling and ward off the need for a big long-term increase of the levy employees pay into the pension system.
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Low temperatures will remain warm and humid, falling only into the upper 70s.
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The Department of Justice sued Maryland and several other states for not turning over private voter rolls, which include personal information for millions of Maryland voters.
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Since the alliance of unions ratified their new contracts, both labor and Kaiser executives have signaled interest in turning over a new leaf.
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Iran attacked a cargo ship traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, possibly upending President Donald Trump‘s diplomatic end to the war with Iran.
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The mayor's goal was to make things easier for the city's immigrant delivery workforce by upending a policy that had been put in pace by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
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Each bag is equipped with features that make traveling easier, like comfort grip handles at the top and side, a self-locking retractable handle, back zippered pockets, and stability bars at the bottom to keep the bag from tilting while standing upright.
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Rather than tilting the motors – as the Osprey or Valo do – its solution is to tilt the entire wings.
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“Overturning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overturning. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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