Sentence examples for Overturn from inspiring English sources

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Overturn

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To turn over, capsize or upset (something)

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Brennan, currently a councillor in east Dundee, is seeking to overturn a majority of 1,821 held by the SNP's Stewart Hosie.

Victory would be a remarkable feat and make the SNP candidate for Paisley and Renfrewshire South the youngest ever MP, as well as overturn the 16,610 majority of one of Labour's biggest hitters in Scotland, shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander.

Arsenal's calamitous first-leg defeat had required them to become the first team in Champions League history to overturn a two-goal deficit away from home and this season's Bayern Munich are not known as the accommodating type.

Bamber's statement was released by those campaigning to overturn his conviction for killing five members of his family at a farmhouse in Essex in 1985.

A judge has praised the "diligent" work of law students for helping overturn a former gang member's murder conviction.

Sanders also repeated his determination to overturn the 2010 Citizens United supreme court decision, which gave rise to unrestrained spending on elections.

Attacking the executive's decision to accept a confidence motion given his election as Scottish leader last December with 56% of the vote, Murphy added: "The executive shouldn't take the opportunity to overturn a decision arrived at five months ago by thousands of Labour party members and thousands of trade unionists".

A lawsuit against Major League Baseball and The Major League Baseball Players Association has been filed by Rodriguez, one that seeks to overturn the suspension, allowing A-Rod to resume his playing career immediately.

There was a clear sign of the battle to come in Washington over the agreement, which Republicans have vowed to overturn.

This being Italy, however, the judicial errors are not necessarily a bad thing for Knox and Sollecito, because they give the Italian high court an opening – should the justices choose to take it – to overturn the latest conviction, and either dismiss the case, send it back to get the mistakes fixed, or order yet another trial in another court.

They framed a narrative in which for Gore to reach the White House he would have to "overturn" the result – even though the result was uncertain.

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