overstep
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Huang also touted Nvidia OpenShell, a so-called sandbox he said would allow users to make sure that AI agents did not overstep user-defined boundaries.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
But after decades of interacting with others, I trust my instincts not to overstep, to know when to stay in my own lane when the other lane doesn’t seem receptive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
“Local law enforcement must not be complicit through silence or inaction when federal agents overstep legal and ethical boundaries,” Duarte said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
"I know there have been complaints about it but I don't want to speak too much about it and overstep the mark," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
To do so would be to overstep the bounds, and to display a bourgeois lack of cool.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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Society loses sight of human reality “when the economy turns against the person or science oversteps the limits of its competence,” he writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
In the annals of strategic oversteps in America’s post-9/11 forever war, our shoeless airport security lines will go down as a footnote.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2025
US District Judge Donald Molloy agreed with TikTok, saying that it "violates the Constitution in more ways than one" and "oversteps state power".
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2023
The film treads the line of tastelessness, but it never oversteps.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2023
“Someone tend the babe before he oversteps himself,” the noble said to the crowd.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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However, she definitely overstepped the mark by indicating that leaving the home to her two adult children is the “decent” thing to do.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
In his lawsuit, Black said the committee overstepped its authority by asking Black about NDAs that weren’t related to Epstein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued in December and argued that the president had overstepped his authority.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
"The Court has concluded that the Board overstepped its statutory bounds by unilaterally renaming the Kennedy Center after President Trump," Judge Christopher Cooper ruled.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
The question blurted out like a pitcher’s fast ball, and I knew right off that I had overstepped.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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Seven police officers were suspended and are under disciplinary investigation for overstepping their authority.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
"No matter what your beliefs, you should be able to do your role as a councillor without abuse from the wider public and people should be able to debate without overstepping boundaries," Madgwich said.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
This column would love to believe that this story is about a vice president overstepping his authority.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
But navigating the ins and outs of stories that intertwine without overstepping has required nimbleness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
Dad gave me a sharp look, and I knew I needed to make my point quickly or risk overstepping.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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