as in capsizes
to turn on one's side or upside down
afraid that my kayak would overturn
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as in overrides
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as in overthrows
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Recent Examples of overturns
Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
Bell toe-taps to get into the end zone on the third-down pass, and replay overturns the initial incomplete call.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 31 Dec. 2025
The 2nd Circuit rarely overturns district court rulings.
—Adam Reiss, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
The move overturns that guidance, which has been credited with driving down infections in children by 99% since it was first introduced three decades ago and is widely considered to be a public health success story.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2025
Helm topples trees, uproots crops, overturns feed stacks, steals loose blankets.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
The ruling overturns only one of two lower court decisions to block the deployment of the National Guard in Portland, and because a second decision is still in force, troops can’t immediately be mobilized.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
The zoning board's vote effectively overturns a different board's decision blocking demolition of the Alpine lodge.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
The new work overturns that picture.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, the video Som da Maloka, 2024, by Raphael Escobar overturns negative stereotypes about the shelterless men of color living in Cracolândia, a highly impoverished and heavily policed area of downtown São Paulo ravaged by crack cocaine and other drugs.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for overturns
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The group gets stranded at sea off the coast of Florida when their boat capsizes, leading Coast Guard Captain Timothy Close (Duhamel) to oversee the efforts to bring them home as a storm looms.—
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When a violent storm nearly capsizes them, the family awakes in a desert land.—
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First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro blasted the overrides, saying the proposals are efforts to shift more power to the council and dilute the authority of the mayor’s office.—
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Among all the districts in Maricopa County, Higley has proposed one of the priciest overrides for property owners, equaling $383 a year in property taxes for the average homeowner within district boundaries.—
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New York made four errors on the evening, including two overthrows that led to multiple free bases on the same play.—
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Fields, who went 7-of-11 on the day, had a few overthrows on plays that likely were sacks.—
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Doing something that is sold as socially progressive, but ends up benefiting big-money donors, and then wrapping it up in so much regulation and taxation that the policy collapses under its own weight—how dysfunctionally California is that?—
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Trump seems to imagine a hierarchical system dominated by a single capo whose removal collapses the organization—a model rooted in the 1980s.—
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The lack of vetoes signals Crowley's agreement that the board's changes strike the right note of protecting services for vulnerable residents while steering the county toward a more fiscally responsible future.—
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If Johnston had vetoed any of the amendments, the council would have had an opportunity Monday to consider overriding any of those vetoes, but would have needed a supermajority to do so.—
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There have been some truly glorious days, none more so than that triumph over Arsenal, when Brian Flynn’s side inflicted one of the biggest FA Cup upsets of all time.—
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Several underdogs could pull upsets this weekend.—
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So Nude pair falls neatly in line — proof that even in full-metal glamour, minimalism with an edge is having a very good year.—
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Sabrina Carpenter’s chart-topping Man’s Best Friend slips 5-6 on the latest Billboard 200 with 38,000 equivalent album units earned (down 8%), while Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving falls 6-7 (37,000, down 3%).—
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Boise’s ordinance repeals that section, making those streets subject to a default speed limit of 20 miles per hour.—
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These partial repeals were less effective, producing smaller and less persistent increases in vaccination rates than those from total repeal.—
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“Overturns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overturns. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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