overtime
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At the last biodiversity summit in Colombia in 2024, talks ran overtime as nations haggled over conservation finance and ended without a deal.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
In a recent leadership meeting, some bosses mentioned it was hard to fill overtime shifts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
While no one complained when a thrilling Buffalo Bills overtime win over the Los Angeles Rams took 3:32, bloated pockets of dead air or time spent litigating penalties don’t make for the most compelling product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The Los Angeles Rams started the season as the clearest Super Bowl favourites in nine years but were replaced by the San Francisco 49ers after last Monday's overtime defeat by the Buffalo Bills.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
This year, Chiron had put the satyrs on emergency overtime and sent them all over the country, scouring schools from fourth grade through high school for possible recruits.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
The action raced like an overtimed kinetoscopic film.
From A Man to His Mate by Stockton Mulford
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