overreach

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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

The Securities and Exchange Commission has finally eliminated one of its most unfair practices and most troubling examples of administrative overreach: the “gag rule.”

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Near the start of that period the Greeks saw the Persians, rulers of a vast empire, overreach themselves and fail in two invasions of Europe, the second time catastrophically.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Buying a house, in particular, is an overreach.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 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