overshoot

Example Sentences

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Parks, with just seconds to react, turned his jet toward the missile, an emergency tactic aimed at making the missile overshoot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

“Don’t overshoot, do it over a number of weeks,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

"Science now tells us that a temporary overshoot beyond the 1.5°C limit -- starting at the latest in the early 2030s -- is inevitable," he said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025

“When we go through these investment cycles, there are moments we overshoot as an industry,” Pichai said in an interview with the BBC, released on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

As the next turn drew near, the hovercars were headed straight for her, moving slower now, their pilots realizing that at top speed they would overshoot her every time.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld