overhang
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There was a hint of funkiness in the field, albeit an overhang from Root's first spell as captain.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Using an 18-base overhang, the researchers achieved a joining efficiency of 44%.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
The company’s AI financing strategy has been an overhang on the stock this year, as it has turned to debt and equity issuances to fund its cloud buildout.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
For Al-Louh, his wife and six children, living under the overhang of a partially destroyed building, the Yellow Line has imposed its own schedule.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
From the foot of the ski run, the imitation log cabin lodge piped its popular songs into the overhang of silence.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
The improvement became even greater with longer overhangs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
The gains have come despite increasing complexity with supply chain overhangs from the pandemic, changing environmental regulations, and the AI craze.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
Under the proposal, residents would not be allowed to plant anything within a 1-foot “Safety Zone” around the home, including beneath roof overhangs; two feet from windows, vents and doors and five feet from decks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026
Oracle has also managed to clear overhangs about its AI-funding plans with its announcement last month of a $50 billion debt-and-equity raise for 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 11, 2026
Within the enclosure there weren’t any caves or rock overhangs to shelter under.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
It’s round so it can turn in place without running into another object, and flat so it can clean floors overhung by kitchen cabinets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2025
Some houses were so close to the narrowed stream that their decks overhung the water.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2022
Inside, fruit trees overhung a small, warm pool; saddles and bridles stored nearby gave the humid room a pleasantly horsy smell.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2021
At Bassin la Paix, in St. Benoit, an entire river courses over a 40-foot drop into a fishbowl-like swimming hole, throwing off so much spray that overhung basalt cliffs on shore are covered in ferns.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2019
So they proceeded after that as if they were climbing a dangerous mountain, until the rocks became an uncompromising cliff, overhung with impossible jungle and falling sheer into the sea.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
To efficiently connect short pieces of DNA, scientists rely on overhanging sequences called sticky ends.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
For 30 years, a dead body known as "Green Boots" has been lying in the snow, nestled under an overhanging rock, not far from Mount Everest's summit.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
In the spring, the icefall doctors had finally managed to open the Khumbu Icefall section, after a massive overhanging glacial chunk, called a serac, blocked the path for much of the early climbing season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
“But once that technical overhanging is gone, I believe it’s going to trade at a premium, or at least at NAV.”
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
Bigwig and Silver were talking with Buckthorn under an overhanging broom.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
