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overreach

[oh-ver-reech] / ˌoʊ vərˈritʃ /
VERB
exceed
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Shell and Paramount’s lawyers fought back, demanding sanctions be leveled against Cipriani for an alleged overreach.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Meta has reacted angrily, accusing the Commission of "regulatory overreach."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

It’s an overreach given that the entire PC market is a fraction of Nvidia’s expected $364 billion in data-center sales this year.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Justice Thomas has put his stamp on other areas of the law, notably gun rights in Bruen in 2022 and executive overreach in regulating bump stocks in Garland v.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

And he was also biding his time, waiting for Archie to overreach himself, to make a mistake.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier




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