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overhanging





ADJECTIVE
lowering
Synonyms




ADJECTIVE
overhead
Synonyms




Example Sentences

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Their staple diet are deer, and they hunt by stealth often pouncing from trees or overhanging rocks.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

But the canal authorities don’t allow overhanging cargo that could hit infrastructure such as light poles at the waterway’s locks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

The goats have also attacked the neighbors and climbed on top of their car in a shared driveway to eat the leaves off an overhanging tree, Paszterko wrote in his Aug. 7 filing.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2024

On Monday, models meandered down a runway that wound its way around hundreds of ferns, overhanging plants and mossy paths, the mass of green a contrast to the grey, industrial show space.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

We sat on the far side of the gate, in the shade of an overhanging tree.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood




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