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However, the story and the characters have subverted expectations and received praise from all corners.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2023

The videos have subverted the notion that using TikTok or Instagram is restful.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2022

The as-yet-unknown actor was chosen over Alicia Silverstone, as the latter’s Hollywood beauty would have subverted the series’ aim – to authenticate the teen girl experience.

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2017

They seem to have subverted a male trick that is intended to ensure paternity rights, and turned it into a trap.

From Economist • Jul. 14, 2011

They have subverted the first houses, totally ruined and undone the country, cheated and defrauded the revenue,—the master a silent, sometimes a melancholy spectator, until some office of high emolument has emancipated him.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund