overreach

Example Sentences

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Shell and Paramount’s lawyers fought back, demanding sanctions be leveled against Cipriani for an alleged overreach.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Meta has reacted angrily, accusing the Commission of "regulatory overreach."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

To assuage concerns of government overreach, the draft explicitly stated that nothing in the order should be read as creating a mandatory licensing or approval requirement for AI models.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

This sober reflection on imperial overreach had several U.S. productions in the era of the First and Second Gulf Wars.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

And he was also biding his time, waiting for Archie to overreach himself, to make a mistake.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier