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overbearingly



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Not typical of a New York style, but I don’t find it overbearingly sour.

From Seattle Times Jan. 20, 2022

Here, hundreds of years later, is another moment of calm before the storm and also another story of a woman caught up in an overbearingly male world of power and intrigue.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2021

When hijacked by the Master’s control rooms, they burn an effulgent pink, so overbearingly bright that they become mesmerizing.

From The Verge Dec. 2, 2019

But even at his most overbearingly godlike, the film’s protagonist might have been on to something: There’s a little bit of Steve Jobs in all of us now.

From Washington Post Oct. 15, 2015

“I have to, because I’m going to be a little . . . overbearingly protective over the next few days — or weeks — and I wouldn’t want you to think I’m naturally a tyrant.”

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer




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