Sentence examples for move to override from inspiring English sources

Last December, it passed a law that doubled as the museum's building permit -- an unprecedented move to override local authorities and pesky judges.

That version passed the council, but then-Mayor Anthony A. Williams vetoed the bill, and the council did not move to override it.

But if the court decisions favor Mr. Gore, and a further recount of votes tips Florida his way, the intervention of the Legislature on Mr. Bush's behalf would be a brazen move to override both the courts and ignore the will of Florida's voters.

The failure of the move to override means that despite significant opposition from Democratic lawmakers and environmental groups, Cross Island Cable Company can proceed with its $135 million effort to implant a 330-megawatt power cable into the Sound's floor, connecting transfer stations in New Haven and Shoreham, N.Y.

He considered himself vindicated when a move to override his veto failed in the Senate the following day.

On Thursday, legislative leaders moved to override the governor's budget vetoes, the first such action in more than two decades.

Congress has only moved to override DC laws three times in the past 40 years.

There was talk yesterday of moving to try to override the veto.

Brushing aside White House warnings about national security, Congress moved decisively Wednesday to override a presidential veto — for the first time in the Obama administration — of a bill that will allow 9/11 families to sue the Saudi Arabian government for damages.

Many legislators were declaring an unmitigated victory today, a day after they moved with striking swiftness to override each of Gov. George E. Pataki's 119 vetoes of the state budget.

What separates seasoned investors from the majority is discipline the ability to move objectively, without allowing emotion to override judgment.