overboard
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I love tuna salad and have definitely gone overboard with how often I eat it every week.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
Clotted ribbons of trash were drifting past, from marooned vessels forced to toss rotting garbage overboard.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
Investors can hang loose for now, but probably shouldn’t go overboard.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
The woman's husband told police that he and his wife left Hope Town for Elbow Cay on the Bahamian island of Abaco on Saturday evening when she fell overboard, taking the boat's keys with her.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Hedge looked like he was ready to jump overboard and swim.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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