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overhang

[oh-ver-hang, oh-ver-hang] / ˌoʊ vərˈhæŋ, ˈoʊ vərˌhæŋ /


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Concerns include uncertainty around telecom M&A activity, the overhang from long-term contract disputes, potential satellite-coverage competition and the renewed impact from interest rates, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

By comparison, a conventional 4-base overhang produced an efficiency of only 8%, giving the new approach a fivefold advantage.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

For Al-Louh, his wife and six children, living under the overhang of a partially destroyed building, the Yellow Line has imposed its own schedule.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

“The scale of the potential unlock is likely to create a meaningful technical overhang and increase near-term share price volatility,” Zephirin said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

The island’s overhang would most likely make it impossible, but for some reason, Jack didn’t see Malevolent lowering the drawbridge for them.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

The improvement became even greater with longer overhangs.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

Iran’s flag before the 1979 revolution — green, white and red with a lion and a rising sun — flutters from many overhangs.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

Oracle has also managed to clear overhangs about its AI-funding plans with its announcement last month of a $50 billion debt-and-equity raise for 2026.

From MarketWatch Mar. 11, 2026

“While we have many questions surrounding the implementation of this relationship, and the companies’ pricing strategies going forward, this deal would seem to remove the biggest near-term overhangs on the shares,” Hill wrote.

From Barron's Mar. 10, 2026

I passed the bridge of Pélissier, where the ravine, which the river forms, opened before me, and I began to ascend the mountain that overhangs it.

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

It’s round so it can turn in place without running into another object, and flat so it can clean floors overhung by kitchen cabinets.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 6, 2025

Nearby stood a crumbling amphitheater that served as a community kitchen, and near that a playground overhung by a latticework of improvised power lines.

From New York Times Oct. 5, 2022

Some houses were so close to the narrowed stream that their decks overhung the water.

From Scientific American Apr. 1, 2022

Inside, fruit trees overhung a small, warm pool; saddles and bridles stored nearby gave the humid room a pleasantly horsy smell.

From Washington Post Aug. 19, 2021

The rowboat had come ashore in a tangle of bushes that overhung a small bank at the side of the river.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

In the spring, the icefall doctors had finally managed to open the Khumbu Icefall section, after a massive overhanging glacial chunk, called a serac, blocked the path for much of the early climbing season.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

“But once that technical overhanging is gone, I believe it’s going to trade at a premium, or at least at NAV.”

From Barron's May 1, 2026

Zumthor’s building design, which includes overhanging canopies, intentionally creates shade with outdoor events in mind, the executive explained.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 5, 2026

"These overhanging snow features can be difficult to spot, especially in poor visibility, and may collapse without warning," it said.

From BBC Jan. 8, 2026

Choosing the loneliest, most desolate spot he could find, he backed under an overhanging tree in the far corner of the lot.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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