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The family of Alain Delon have overruled the late French actor's request for his pet dog to be put down and buried with him.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2024

While Swedish police have rejected several recent applications for anti-Koran demonstrations, courts have overruled those decisions, saying they infringed freedom of speech.

From Reuters • Jul. 2, 2023

In at least a half-dozen cases around the country, local judges have overruled hospitals or doctors who refused to administer the drug to patients with advanced COVID-19 disease.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2021

He appears to have overruled his generals who sought a more expansive mission for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, one that would have continued to embrace a broader counterinsurgency and economic development effort.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2017

Five justices concurred in the first opinion, and five have overruled it.

From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.