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overhang

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


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But if it also wins 13 electorate races, then parliament creates an extra, overhang seat for it, pushing up its total to 121.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 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

However, the prolonged dispute with Sarawak over petroleum and gas rights remains an overhang and could weigh on investment decisions and counterparties’ confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Wednesday’s development “significantly addresses” the overhang of youth-safety lawsuits over Meta’s stock, Mahaney wrote in a note.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

We followed and found them sheltered beneath a shoe store's overhang two doors down, apparently their customary refuge.

From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman

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

To climb the rocky hills at the peak of which our neighbors’ porches rose even higher, their balustrades festooned with potted plants, the zinc overhangs sparkling in the midday sun.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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

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

Just above the bridge, between it and a thorn bush upstream, was a ledge of turf which overhung the water.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

“But once that technical overhanging is gone, I believe it’s going to trade at a premium, or at least at NAV.”

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

"Unfortunately, due to where she was, we were unable to airlift her out due to the length and the wind conditions and the overhanging trees, so winching out wasn't an option."

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 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

The goats have also attacked the neighbors and climbed on top of their car in a shared driveway to eat the leaves off an overhanging tree, Paszterko wrote in his Aug. 7 filing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024

I pull the team up alongside the river to rest them under some overhanging willows.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen


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