overhang
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There was a hint of funkiness in the field, albeit an overhang from Root's first spell as captain.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
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
The company’s AI financing strategy has been an overhang on the stock this year, as it has turned to debt and equity issuances to fund its cloud buildout.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
From the foot of the ski run, the imitation log cabin lodge piped its popular songs into the overhang of silence.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
The improvement became even greater with longer overhangs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
“We acknowledge these overhangs but note that Netflix has successfully navigated similar periods of skepticism,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
If the U.S. and Iran sign a peace deal, these overhangs could disappear as quickly as they arrived.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Under the proposal, residents would not be allowed to plant anything within a 1-foot “Safety Zone” around the home, including beneath roof overhangs; two feet from windows, vents and doors and five feet from decks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026
To climb the rocky hills at the peak of which our neighbors’ porches rose even higher, their balustrades festooned with potted plants, the zinc overhangs sparkling in the midday sun.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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
Some houses were so close to the narrowed stream that their decks overhung the water.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2022
It’s 3:55 p.m. and Elena Mullins, a Baroque dancer, is twirling in the center of a living room of a home surrounded by overhung trees in the Northwest DC neighborhood of Barnaby Woods.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2016
They cut off the right wing, which would have overhung a nearby road, but the landing gear and original engines were all preserved.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2010
I was glad to get clear of those long stone streets overhung with black, steep roofs and innumerable towers, that sunless city where all my chances had turned to fear and betrayal.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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
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
Their staple diet are deer, and they hunt by stealth often pouncing from trees or overhanging rocks.
From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026
The cave has a skylight on the Moon’s surface, leading down to vertical and overhanging walls, and a sloping floor that might extend further underground.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024
The cool waters of the creek came out of a dark, shadowy grotto of overhanging thicket, then flowed about thirty feet before they entered the large pond.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
