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overboard

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






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"Jane doesn't want some other woman, if God forbid this happens to them, to be left on their own, thrown overboard like she was."

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

The body of a missing ferry passenger who fell overboard has been found on a beach in North Ayrshire.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

And most importantly, the machine is like a metronome, keeping him steady and curbing his impulse to go overboard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

San Diego resident Annabelle Loma told the Military Times in August that her husband was among the sailors who attempted to jump overboard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

He had fallen overboard as a baby from the side of his father’s ship and been washed up on a desolate shore, where a female wolf had suckled him and kept him alive.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman


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