overboard
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Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt embraced method dressing without going overboard at red carpet premieres and other press tour stops for ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2.’
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Jones was 18 and working as a Merchant Navy chef when he went overboard on the Northern Star cruise liner in the English Channel in 1975.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Investors can hang loose for now, but probably shouldn’t go overboard.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
In “London Falling,” Patrick Radden Keefe investigates how Brettler, the well-educated son of loving parents, went overboard, and whether he was forced by mutual friends.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Both boats got beat up by the storm, with windows broke and gear smashed and traps lost overboard.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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