overhang
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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
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
“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
“Pressures have built up due to the overhang of an uneven and sub-par monsoon, drought conditions in parts of the country, and elevated oil prices,” DBS economists said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The children sat under a small overhang in the cliff that gave them a little protection.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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The improvement became even greater with longer overhangs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
If the U.S. and Iran sign a peace deal, these overhangs could disappear as quickly as they arrived.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Under the proposal, residents would not be allowed to plant anything within a 1-foot “Safety Zone” around the home, including beneath roof overhangs; two feet from windows, vents and doors and five feet from decks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026
Talk of tariffs and aggressive drug-pricing regulation faded, giving way to headline-grabbing price deals between the White House and drugmakers that lifted two of the biggest policy overhangs on pharmaceutical stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 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
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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
We walked to a fork in the path, a crossroads overhung with massive slabs of rock that seemed poised to crush us.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022
Some houses were so close to the narrowed stream that their decks overhung the water.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2022
The rowboat had come ashore in a tangle of bushes that overhung a small bank at the side of the river.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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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
And the way she was leaning forward over the rail meant drops from the overhanging gutter were only just missing her—but she seemed to show no sign of caring.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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