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overreach

[oh-ver-reech] / ˌoʊ vərˈritʃ /
VERB
exceed
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But this year’s bruising budget fight proved that divided government can still check executive overreach—and that sound fiscal judgment is worth fighting for.

From The Wall Street Journal

If past is prologue, he will overreach in response to this week’s peace proffer, rejecting what many in his entourage would view as an attractive exit from a strategic miscue.

From The Wall Street Journal

Imperial overreach comes home: financial crisis, a Spartan fleet off the coast of Attica and an oligarchic coup in Athens.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pocan and the 30 other House Democratic signatories voiced alarm over the memo’s potential to overreach.

From Salon

But a lawyer for the US-based company previously told the BBC it had no intention of paying, accusing the regulator of overreach and censorship.

From BBC