as in capsizes
to turn on one's side or upside down
afraid that my kayak would overturn
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Recent Examples of overturns
Becky Bohrer,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews' ruling overturns a June 15 decision by Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher to disqualify the challenger and keep him off the primary ballot.
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CBS News,
27 June 2026
Here is the four-page temporary injunction order from Lubbock County district court judge Ken Curry that essentially overturns the NCAA's decision and grants Brendan Sorsby eligiblity for the 2026 college football season.
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Christopher Kamrani,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
Democrats asked whether that includes federal court orders, and Mullin responded that depends on whether a higher court overturns a ruling.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Supreme Court overturns convictions The unraveling began publicly in October 2023 when Murdaugh’s attorneys filed a motion for a new trial accusing Hill of jury tampering.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
The South Carolina Supreme Court overturns Murdaugh's murder convictions and life sentence.
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ABC News,
13 May 2026
The research definitely overturns the conventional wisdom about young audiences.
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Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
6 May 2026
The appeal process overturns denials at meaningful rates when patients push back.
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Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
Verb
Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews’ ruling overturns a June 15 decision by Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher to disqualify the challenger and keep him off the primary ballot.
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Becky Bohrer,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews' ruling overturns a June 15 decision by Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher to disqualify the challenger and keep him off the primary ballot.
—
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Here is the four-page temporary injunction order from Lubbock County district court judge Ken Curry that essentially overturns the NCAA's decision and grants Brendan Sorsby eligiblity for the 2026 college football season.
—
Christopher Kamrani,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
Democrats asked whether that includes federal court orders, and Mullin responded that depends on whether a higher court overturns a ruling.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Supreme Court overturns convictions The unraveling began publicly in October 2023 when Murdaugh’s attorneys filed a motion for a new trial accusing Hill of jury tampering.
—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
The South Carolina Supreme Court overturns Murdaugh's murder convictions and life sentence.
—
ABC News,
13 May 2026
The research definitely overturns the conventional wisdom about young audiences.
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Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
6 May 2026
The appeal process overturns denials at meaningful rates when patients push back.
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Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overturns
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Based on a tragic true-life incident, director Joe Carnahan's survival thriller stars Zachary Levi as one of four friends who head out on a fishing expedition and their boat capsizes in a nasty storm.
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The group gets stranded at sea off the coast of Florida when their boat capsizes, leading Coast Guard Captain Timothy Close (Duhamel) to oversee the efforts to bring them home as a storm looms.
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Start logging inputs and outputs, human overrides, and a few business KPIs tied to each automation—time saved, error rate, customer impact—in your system of record.
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The deluge of overrides was seen as a rebuke to Adams, who was frequently at odds with the former council lead by former speaker Adrienne Adams.
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New York made four errors on the evening, including two overthrows that led to multiple free bases on the same play.
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Fields, who went 7-of-11 on the day, had a few overthrows on plays that likely were sacks.
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Corruption deepened, the economy entered one of the worst collapses in modern history, and a humanitarian crisis pushed close to a third of the population out of the country.
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By contrast, Roberts’s opinion in Slaughter collapses this distinction.
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DeSantis’ vetoes carved roughly $800 million from the $115 billion state budget the Legislature passed in May, including 140 projects requested by Miami-Dade lawmakers that are worth nearly $88 million, according to a Miami Herald analysis.
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One of his biggest vetoes slashed more more than $225 million for new housing and maintenance of existing facilities requested by the Department of Corrections.
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The first round of group-play matches have also been exciting, likely juicing demand, with one of the biggest upsets in the tournament’s history and stellar performances by football’s biggest stars, including Lionel Messi’s hat trick of goals for Argentina.
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What followed in Seoul on May 31, 2002 was one of the great World Cup upsets, the reigning champions beaten by Papa Bouba Diop’s goal.
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Men leaders can pay attention to and be mindful of who in the workplace may be playing more of an emotional support role that falls outside their job description.
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Royal Week falls ahead of Prince Harry's upcoming trip to the United Kingdom.
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In agreeing to hear the pair of cases, the justices did not disturb the lower court rulings that blocked the repeals for now.
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The trash and parking fee repeals might be uniquely attractive to a broad swath of San Diegans in a way that may not translate to competitive bidding changes or even pension reform.
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“Overturns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overturns. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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