overpass
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Early on, the braking mechanism was harsh and the trucks sometimes unexpectedly stopped when approaching an overpass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
As for Arnold, he lived with his grandparents in an old boarding house under a freeway overpass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Dashcam video captured the dramatic moment a lorry slammed into an overpass in New York.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
In October 2022, a rare protest at a highway overpass in Beijing prompted authorities to post security officials at dozens of city overpasses, particularly ahead of notable political events and anniversaries—a practice that continues today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The taxi stopped at a red light under an overpass.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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They seek shelter in tents, bushes and overpasses in a city that has struggled with one of the worst housing crises in the country.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Parallel to the tramway, much of Alexandria's iconic corniche is now hidden behind overpasses, private businesses and beachside food courts.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
His office said earlier this month that 119 miles were under construction and 58 structures, including bridges, overpasses and viaducts, have been completed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
There are no overpasses or power cables in sight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
Under overpasses or in runoff drains they congregated, smoking cigarettes, the hoods of their sweatshirts pulled up.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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"We could do a better job of getting pucks through. Maybe even shooting a little bit more. I think we overpassed at times."
From Fox News ● Mar. 3, 2022
They overpassed on some possessions, turning down layups and shooting 3’s instead.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2021
The Coyotes made it a two-goal lead 11:57 into the second period when the Capitals’ fourth line overpassed on an odd-man rush, leading to a turnover.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2018
“I thought we overpassed the puck early in the game for sure,” Pittsburgh coach Mike Johnston said.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 21, 2015
A thaw so persistent, however, and at the same time so violent, overpassed their cunning calculations.
From The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
This fury of rage and perplexity overpast, however, the strenuous folk of those times began the work of rebuilding the church almost before the blackened stones and charred timbers of the ruined building were cold.
From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Charles G. Harper
With the succor thus afforded and the terror of capture overpast, the four days' further travel were accomplished in comparative ease, and brought the fugitives to Colonel Bird's camp, within the boundaries of Virginia.
From The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Mary Noailles Murfree
He on his part would pass Chapuys without notice till the present tyranny was overpast.
From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by J.A. Froude
As the emerald green of the lower hills shone the brighter for the patches of snow, harbingers of winter, which flecked them, so her spirits rose the higher for troubles overpast or to come.
From Starvecrow Farm by Stanley J. Weyman
Her husband still stood motionless before her; there was the same slight pallor on his face as had been visible at noon, when the danger was just overpast, but his eyes were veiled once more.
From Success and How He Won It by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
And could stand to shoot the puck more rather than overpassing.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
“We’re actually probably overpassing laterally and sending pucks quickly through the slot that needed to just be put softly on net and make it chaos and a huge mess in front,” Johnson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2022
Spooked, their forwards started overpassing whenever they got deep into the Capitals’ zone.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2013
One bridge spans the Pacific from the State of Washington to Siberia, overpassing the island of Sakhalin en route.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Here the trinity of man and the Trinity of the Godhead came into a co-action and fellowship overpassing the highest outside wonder of the universe.
From A Walk from London to John O'Groat's by Elihu Burritt
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