overhead
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I didn’t even have to put my backpack in the overhead bin and still had plenty of room to stretch out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The hosts also had the better of the conditions on Thursday, batting under blue sky then bowling when it got dark overhead.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
An AFP correspondent saw people marching to the cemetery, waving Hezbollah flags as women dressed in black wept, holding pictures of the dead as an Israeli drone flew overhead.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Jets from nearby LaGuardia Airport roared overhead and trains rumbled alongside the grounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Hidden away during the daytime, huddled together inside some shed or barn, we had heard and sometimes seen fighter planes flying low overhead, but we were safe from them, always well out of sight.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
VW's costs are about 20 percent higher than competitors', Blume said, adding that overheads need to be cut to a "competitive level".
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
And in this case, the marginal cost of each ticket is small – there are not even any very substantial overheads to cover, which often justify a higher price.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
This is what economists call a cost-push shock: Rising input costs work through the supply chain, lifting intermediary material costs and overheads.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
Higher aluminum can and freight costs ate into its gross margins slightly, but Monster reduced the percentage of its sales eaten up by operating costs and overheads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
I answered phones and made plasticene overheads and picked up dry cleaning and kids from day care.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
