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overboard

[oh-ver-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈoʊ vərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /






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You think they’d fall overboard and get clean once in a while.”

From Los Angeles Times

For the past three hours, Machado and a small crew had drifted on a skiff in the Gulf of Venezuela after its GPS fell overboard on rough seas and a backup failed.

From The Wall Street Journal

She said theories included it was captured accidentally by a trawler and then thrown overboard, or killed by a whale.

From BBC

Sixteen containers, mostly full of bananas, fell overboard off the Isle of Wight on Saturday, at about 18:00 GMT.

From BBC

In my pursuit of the perfect photo, I tested them all and found that there’s a fine line between enhancing and going overboard.

From The Wall Street Journal