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An appeals court in Peru has nullified a lower court’s verdict against archaeologist Marcela Poirier, who was convicted of defamation after publicly accusing prominent archaeologist Luis Jaime Castillo Butters of sexual harassment.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 18, 2023

S&S has nullified the contract of a right-wing firebrand before, declining to publish a book by Milo Yiannopoulos in 2017 in the wake of his controversial comments on pedophilia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2021

“Tree planting has nullified some of the strategic opportunities that this incredible course used to offer,” says one architect, John Fought.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 3, 2019

The law contains several exceptions, such as one allowing state prosecutors to bring charges when a court has nullified an earlier federal trial.

From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2018

Step by step the progress of science has nullified every theory on which the physician administers alcohol.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir