overboard
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A passenger on a Carnival Cruise Line ship returning to Long Beach from Mexico went overboard over the weekend and is still missing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Hazards include vessel disasters and falls overboard, according to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Just don’t go overboard with a too-extensive nighttime routine, says Dr. Feby Maria Puravath-Manikat, a sleep-medicine physician in the Bay Area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The court said the regulator's intentions were "laudable" but that it had "gone overboard".
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
She pretended that she was her hero, because he wouldn’t mind that his computer and suitcase had washed overboard and were at the bottom of the ocean.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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