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




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Imports have drifted between 10% and 15% of the overall U.S. beef supply over the past decade, rising with the demand for fast-food burgers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

The unemployment rate for workers in their 20s was more than 3 percentage points higher than the overall workforce as of June 2026.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

But overall, it is a battle that is becoming more arduous, rather than easier.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Years that are warmer overall tend to be followed by fewer nymphal ticks than usual, despite the ability of individual ticks to withstand short periods of extreme heat.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

The overall bluntness of much of my life, the enforced reality of it, kept me from completely believing in things like psychic abilities, especially those from animals or other possible fairy tales.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

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

Bex is starting to look for overalls for them to wear and jokes that they might need shower caps for their hair.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 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

The large man in blue overalls is contracted to the UAE-based Atlas Agri, one of the biggest of 44 registered merchants and contractors in the southern African country.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

I jumped up and pulled on my work overalls over my nightgown.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson


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