overhead

Example Sentences

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Another image showed Trump looming over warships, dressed as a military commander clad in gold armor, as fighter jets flew overhead.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Without paying thousands of dollars in overhead, anybody can start a business from a garage and reach millions more customers than a brick-and-mortar storefront ever could.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Researchers tracked a point between the octopus's eyes on the mantle, the part of the body comparable to a head, using overhead observations.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

And at the 2014 World Cup, suspicion fell on Germany when France manager Didier Deschamps said he had to stop a private training session because a drone was flying overhead.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

It was uninhabited by humans but teeming with wildlife— iron-beaked gaganas flew overhead, glinting in the sun, and as the boat drew in, a cluster of small wildcats with luminescent fur went sprinting away.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell