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overboard

[oh-ver-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈoʊ vərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /






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It took four people three months to make the video game Overboard!.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2022

In 1987, they appeared together in "Overboard," and though they've never married, the couple is still going strong decades later.

From Fox News • Jan. 13, 2021

"Overboard" earned mixed reviews, garnering an A-minus rating from audiences on CinemaScore and a 30% "rotten" rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2018

At nearly two hours, Overboard runs too long, but the scenes and supporting characters that writers Greenberg and Bob Fisher add to the original’s intact skeleton are many of the film’s finest.

From Slate • May 3, 2018

"Overboard every man!" he cried, and showed the example himself by dashing into the water up to the knees, carrying the blue ensign of his cause.

From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)




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