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overhang

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


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The deal removes the overhang stemming from M&A uncertainty and should support the share price.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Subway cars and burned-out streets don’t require much in the way of elaborate illustration for the overhang of menace to be felt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

There was a hint of funkiness in the field, albeit an overhang from Root's first spell as captain.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

“We think the lockup-expiry overhang is an opportunity rather than a risk, offering a rare entry point into a generational compounder that converts energy into swarming,” the bullish analyst said in a recent client note.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

Jack pushed himself to his feet just as May’s head popped up past the edge of the overhang.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

The improvement became even greater with longer overhangs.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 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

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

Within the enclosure there weren’t any caves or rock overhangs to shelter under.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

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

Carefully installed — thankfully not overhung — the handful of works here look almost like tapestries instead of paintings.

From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2015

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

To efficiently connect short pieces of DNA, scientists rely on overhanging sequences called sticky ends.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

With its deeply overhanging roofs, its insistent horizontality, and ground-hugging form, it is an exemplar of the Prairie Style.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

A dog has been rescued after falling through an overhanging ledge of snow and spending a wintry night out on a mountain in the Highlands.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 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 sun came up, although you couldn’t see it through overhanging clouds.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt


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