overboard
Example Sentences
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When a British vessel threatened the ship that carried it, however, the captain threw the document overboard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
According to the Associated Press, Meadows died after he was reported to have fallen overboard around 170 miles north of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
The best example I can give is in the week before games against the very top teams I went overboard trying to exude confidence in my team and my tactics.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
A major search operation is under way after a man was reported overboard from a P&O passenger ferry travelling between Larne and Cairnryan.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
And I didn’t know if a man knocked overboard, stunned, could hope to survive in a big sea, regardless.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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