overhang

Example Sentences

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Do not shelter under a tree or use a cliff or rocky overhang, the weather service warns.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

At the same time, he acknowledged that the development could be “a bit of an overhang on the shares in the near term.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

“High seaborne thermal coal prices will help offset the impact of this ramp up delay, but this is still likely to be an overhang on BTU shares until it is fully resolved,” they wrote.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Yet the announcement is “unfortunate” given the recent resolution of prior disputes with the government, “which we hoped would allow investors to consider a potential overhang as being ‘resolved’,” Hissey says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Just beyond the overhang of the roof were the long wooden dinner table and benches, the well, and the fire circle.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder