overcast
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On overcast days, when the sun was hidden, pigeons that lacked the macrophages lost their sense of direction and had difficulty navigating home.
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026
On Sunday afternoon, most of England was dry, but overcast, following some rain across the north of the country during the morning.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
The midday sun has only just begun to peek through the overcast sky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
There was nothing more the Swiss racer could do to reel in Franzoni's time in a race held in front of tens of thousands of baying fans in overcast conditions.
From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026
By 5:00 A.M. the first hint of daylight glowed dimly in the east, and daybreak brought a chilly, misty, overcast day with snow squalls driving in ragged veils across the ice.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Three months earlier, Blankenship had told mine superintendents to "ignore" requests to build overcasts -- devices that are important for ventilating deadly gases from mines.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2010
Old flying boats venture out and up through pea-soup overcasts, often to rescue flyers from a sea so cold that few men have survived after floating in it for more than 30 minutes.
From Time Magazine Archive
When we first called she had just passed her fourth birthday, and now overcasts from three to four pairs of pants every day.
From The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)
And should the river of our happy laughter Flow 'neath a sky no cloud yet overcasts, We will not fear the shadows coming after, But make the most of sunshine while it lasts.
From Yule-Tide in Many Lands by Bridgman, L. J. (Lewis Jesse)
Why that ominous redness which overcasts the heavens?
From The Second Deluge by Serviss, Garrett Putman
John Goodman can do the oaky solidity, but perhaps might be overcasting.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 29, 2012
No pasting on or overcasting to be allowed.
From Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians by Rooke, Noel
The modern overcasting stitch resembles in principle the old-fashioned whipstitching, but differs radically in actual performance.
From Library Bookbinding by Bailey, Arthur Low
A cloud was by this time overcasting the moon, and a distant rumble told us that the night would be stormy.
From Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers by Thwaites, Reuben Gold
That is a detail, if the borders themselves are intact; and the edges only need overcasting before it is too late.
From The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. by Ellwanger, W. D. (William DeLancey)
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"Marriage is a Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe
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