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overhang

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


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Technology analyst Dan Ives, at investment bank Yorkville Ives, said the crisis will at the very least spark multiple congressional inquiries and "create an overhang on the stock for a myriad of reasons".

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

Still, the allegations against Huang are “negative” for the company, he said, and at the least, “the overhang is going to be around for a while.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Meanwhile, BASF’s shareholding has materially reduced, removing an overhang from the stock, she notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 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

Kino moved next to the hummock, and then, beside it, under a little overhang, he saw a very large oyster lying by itself, not covered with its clinging brothers.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck

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

Remaining overhangs on branded GLP-1 uptake, namely injectable supply and pricing dynamics, “were largely resolved last year,” analysts wrote in a lengthy research note on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

Talk of tariffs and aggressive drug-pricing regulation faded, giving way to headline-grabbing price deals between the White House and drugmakers that lifted two of the biggest policy overhangs on pharmaceutical stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026

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

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

Note how the wheels of the S5 do not extend to the vertical edge of the wheel wells but are rather overhung slightly by the wheel arches, making them look smaller—and weaker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

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

Biden’s first stop Sunday was the memorial outside Robb Elementary School, located in a quiet grid of streets overhung with pecan trees and roamed by quarrelsome chickens.

From Washington Post ● May 29, 2022

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

From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2022

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

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 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

Their staple diet are deer, and they hunt by stealth often pouncing from trees or overhanging rocks.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

But the canal authorities don’t allow overhanging cargo that could hit infrastructure such as light poles at the waterway’s locks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

It’s a quiet spot, with trees overhanging so thickly, you can only see a tiny pool of inky black water.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli


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