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[oh-ver-awl, oh-ver-awl] / ˈoʊ vərˈɔl, ˈoʊ vərˌɔl /




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That shift doesn’t alter the company’s overall earnings “yield,” or the inverse of its price-to-earnings ratio.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

The business said the errors hit roughly 264,000 workers, though it insisted the issues affected under 1% of overall local transactions.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

Credit-card applications ask for your income, but they don’t seem to take into account your employment status or overall ability to pay.

From MarketWatch Sep. 22, 2026

The deal overall will likely be supportive of K+N’s business, with the air logistics area benefiting the most, while remaining cautious on its sea logistics exposure, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

There was no coherent overall description of things to explain what was going on.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

In Kanazawa, workers dressed in full-body overalls haul large blocks of ice across the factory floor, before starting on the delicate work of carving perfect spheres, cubes and rectangular blocks with cut corners.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

At lunchtime, the prisoners in navy overalls file into the dining hall with heads bowed and hands clasped behind their backs.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Another man was dressed in overalls in star-spangled colors while one couple wore large and seemingly uncomfortable bald eagle heads, topped by red, white and blue cloth stovepipe hats.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

When opportunity shows up as a hard hat or a pair of overalls, we put them on and get to work.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

He yanked his overalls on over his nightclothes and stuck his feet in his shoes.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce




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