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"Overall, there's more undershooting than overshooting of fertility ideals," she says.

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Things did not go according to plan with the pair experiencing an overshoot that left Letisha with a nasty shoulder injury.

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Don't overshoot the mark on the crust and accidentally let the interior temp. get away from you.

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A runway safety area refers to an area adjacent to, or at the end of a runway, meant to limit damage to aircraft should they overshoot, undershoot or veer off the runway.

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Alex Kerr, UK economist at Capital Economics, said against the backdrop of sluggish economic growth and high interest rates, "December's overshoot in borrowing is further disappointing news for the chancellor".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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