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has overturned

  • present perfect of overturn (3rd person singular).

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Peru's constitutional court has overturned a 15-year jail sentence handed to the country's former president after he was found guilty of corruption.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

A Rio de Janeiro court has overturned a fine of more than $3 million against football star Neymar for allegedly damaging the environment by building an artificial lake at his mansion.

From Barron's Mar. 31, 2026

After ten years of gathering and studying data, an international team of physicists that included researchers from Rutgers has overturned a long-standing idea about a mysterious type of particle.

From Science Daily Dec. 18, 2025

Smith appealed that decision to a higher court that has overturned two earlier Cannon decisions in the classified documents case.

From Salon Oct. 23, 2024

Do thou appear, thou whose just hatred has overturned our tyrants.

From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes