overstep

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

While offside against Haaland was technically correct in law, it was an overstep by the VAR.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026

Our three-branch system of government relies on each branch serving as a check on the other branches' power, ensuring that they don't overstep their authority and boundaries.

From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2025

“The guidelines are just really a huge overstep I think in my opinion,” Bean told WXYZ-TV.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

I overstep all of my own boundaries when I'm with you.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

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

Watch as England miss three big chances to pick up Australian wickets as Jonny Bairstow misses a stumping and drops a catch and Stuart Broad oversteps after bowling Usman Khawaja.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2023

It really comes to a head in these last episodes, when Nate oversteps with Keeley, which was inappropriate and just wrong in lots of ways.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2021

“Someone tend the babe before he oversteps himself,” the noble said to the crowd.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

"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

There were some in SNP circles who thought the police had seriously overstepped and would eventually face a reckoning.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

Still, Hoppock said, CBP had overstepped in its aggressive handling of the matter, which he called “really something.”

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

In 2021, the California Coastal Commission sought to permanently end off-road driving in the dunes but was later overruled by court rulings that the agency had overstepped its authority.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 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

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

Talk to some folks in your family whom you trust to make sure you’re not overstepping any unspoken boundaries that underlie family relationships.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025

When she paid a solo visit to communities affected by floods in Rio Grande do Sul, critics accused her of overstepping the mark - she was not elected, they said.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2024

GDL chairman Claus Weselsky “is overstepping the mark further and further,” Wissing added.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024

Disease usually results from inconclusive negotiations for symbiosis, an overstepping of the line by one side or the other, a biologic misinterpretation of borders.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas