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  • Overturned, damaged and destroyed vehicles peppered a neighborhood near the intersection of McFarland Boulevard and 15th Street that abuts a business district full of fast-food restaurants, pawn shops and car repair shops.

    Dozens of tornadoes kill at least 281 people in South 2011

  • In Abraham Mignon's "The Overturned Banquet" (c. 1660), a very angry and heavily fanged house cat (albeit one with a strangely human nose—perhaps that of its owner?) is upending an elaborate floral display whose vase tips precariously.

    Tulips (and Other Flowers) From Amsterdam Putting the culture into horticulture Craig Winneker 2011

  • Getty Images Overturned police cars line the street after a riot in Xintang in June.

    China's Bumpy Road Ahead Ian Bremmer 2011

  • Overturned, destroyed or nearly destroyed vehicles littered the area.

    Tornado survivors sift through what's left in Tuscaloosa 2011

  • I have come to the conclusion that there is a category of legal theater called Born to be Overturned.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The Solicitor General Lays an Egg 2010

  • I read with shock that neutrinos may be faster than the speed of light "Has a Speeding Neutrino Really Overturned Einstein?" by Michio Kaku, op-ed, Sept. 26.

    Bumptious Neutrinos Must Be Put in Place 2011

  • Ford Verdict in Auto Crash Is Overturned by Court South Carolina's highest court overturned an $18 million verdict against Ford Motor Co. in a fatal crash, ruling that one expert shouldn't have been allowed to testify about cruise-control problems.

    Corporate Watch 2010

  • Ford Verdict in Auto Crash Is Overturned by Court South Carolina's highest court overturned an $18 million verdict against Ford Motor Co. in a fatal crash, ruling that one expert shouldn't have been allowed to testify about cruise-control problems.

    Corporate Watch 2010

  • Ford Verdict in Auto Crash Is Overturned by Court South Carolina's highest court overturned an $18 million verdict against Ford Motor Co. in a fatal crash, ruling that one expert shouldn't have been allowed to testify about cruise-control problems.

    Corporate Watch 2010

  • Overturned chairs, plants and shards of glass littered the ground by a vandalized window of a garment factory showroom in Ashulia Tuesday.

    Garment Workers Riot in Dhaka 2010

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