Example Sentences

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The judge’s decision brings to a close a criminal case for excessive force that top federal prosecutor Bill Essayli sought to have overturned despite a conviction by a jury.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Scientists at Aarhus University have overturned a long-standing assumption about how life's essential ingredients emerge.

From Science Daily • Jan. 21, 2026

The bank has been picking up the legal bills for Javice and one of her co-executives following a judge’s order from 2023 that it is seeking to have overturned, citing allegedly questionable expenses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Never mind that the Americans were the higher ranked team - Europe have overturned such apparent disadvantages on many occasions in Solheim and Ryder Cups.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

In the process they have overturned the old social pecking order in which “Episcopalian,” for example, was a code word for upper class, and “fundamentalist” or “evangelical” shorthand for lower.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times