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overhang

[oh-ver-hang, oh-ver-hang] / ˌoʊ vərˈhæŋ, ˈoʊ vərˌhæŋ /


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Still, the allegations against Huang are “negative” for the company, he said, and at the least, “the overhang is going to be around for a while.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Yorkville Ives analysts said the Nvidia probe will likely spark congressional inquiries and create an overhang on the company’s stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Technology analyst Dan Ives, at investment bank Yorkville Ives, said the crisis will at the very least spark multiple congressional inquiries and "create an overhang on the stock for a myriad of reasons".

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

“Need for additional financing remains a key overhang for sentiment, especially given the recent neocloud debt saga,” Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas wrote in a Monday note to clients.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Sam was standing under a jutting overhang not for from her.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

The improvement became even greater with longer overhangs.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

Iran’s flag before the 1979 revolution — green, white and red with a lion and a rising sun — flutters from many overhangs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Oracle has also managed to clear overhangs about its AI-funding plans with its announcement last month of a $50 billion debt-and-equity raise for 2026.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 11, 2026

“We do not expect these debates to resolve within the course of next year, with looming overhangs potentially sidelining investors in many cases,” Zelnick said in a Jan. 6 research note.

From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026

To climb the rocky hills at the peak of which our neighbors’ porches rose even higher, their balustrades festooned with potted plants, the zinc overhangs sparkling in the midday sun.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Note how the wheels of the S5 do not extend to the vertical edge of the wheel wells but are rather overhung slightly by the wheel arches, making them look smaller—and weaker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

It’s round so it can turn in place without running into another object, and flat so it can clean floors overhung by kitchen cabinets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2025

Betsy Aurnou, climbing with wraparound shades and fabric completely covering her face, carried Fritos and Vitalyte, and referred to the occasional slivers of shadow beneath overhung cliffs as “shade opportunities.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2023

Biden’s first stop Sunday was the memorial outside Robb Elementary School, located in a quiet grid of streets overhung with pecan trees and roamed by quarrelsome chickens.

From Washington Post ● May 29, 2022

It was a dead-end road overhung with alders; they could see no other homes.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

To efficiently connect short pieces of DNA, scientists rely on overhanging sequences called sticky ends.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

For 30 years, a dead body known as "Green Boots" has been lying in the snow, nestled under an overhanging rock, not far from Mount Everest's summit.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

In the spring, the icefall doctors had finally managed to open the Khumbu Icefall section, after a massive overhanging glacial chunk, called a serac, blocked the path for much of the early climbing season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

Bigwig and Silver were talking with Buckthorn under an overhanging broom.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams


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