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However, Tottenham fans can take belief from their overall performance at Old Trafford as they ran United ragged in the opening half with fluid, high-tempo football.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
"If you have less mass in the system overall, things can gently orbit each other without whipping back and forth," Burdge says.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
"The overall volume must come down significantly," said Sweden's Europe minister Jessica Rosencrantz.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Plus, a single stat is rarely a definitive ruling on overall health.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The pain caused him to bite down hard on his lip, but overall, he counted himself lucky.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
The system uses a cooling tank and pump, usually situated in the car's nose, that delivers a cooled liquid, such as glycol, through a system of pipes in a fireproof top worn under their overalls.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
You’d need the equivalent of those parade attendants in overalls who run along behind the horses with shovels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Last year, Netflix flew the 77-year-old from his home in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, to Brisbane, Australia, where he once again donned a green wig and overalls for the TV competition Wonka's The Golden Ticket.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Girls and women dress in ankle-length skirts or overalls, wearing their hair loosely covered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
His father appeared to him, dressed in faded overalls, bits of cotton fibers clinging to his hair.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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