overhang
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In SpaceX’s case there is a considerable overhang of shares that could be sold.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
Some auto job losses are probably an overhang from the electric-vehicle fiasco.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
“The SpaceX overhang does not have an ending date, which is unfortunate, as the wireless industry is otherwise in a fairly healthy condition, for a welcome change,” Williams said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Jet fuel prices meanwhile have been coming back to earth, removing that overhang on airline earnings and making Delta’s refinery less of a leg-up on its competitors, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
He held on to the vine as tightly as he could, his eyes firmly closed as he desperately hoped that the beanstalk would just push up and around the overhang, leaving the rock intact.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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
The South Korean entertainment company’s stock valuation discount already reflects structural overhangs, such as weak earnings-per-share visibility and balance sheet concerns, Kim says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 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
It was too early to think of bones, even old gray mule bones, but he realized that all along the valley the cliffs were full of shallow caves and overhangs with springs.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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
Inside, fruit trees overhung a small, warm pool; saddles and bridles stored nearby gave the humid room a pleasantly horsy smell.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2021
They cut off the right wing, which would have overhung a nearby road, but the landing gear and original engines were all preserved.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2010
The rock was flat, almost like a platform, and was overhung by a large fig with roots snaking down on either side.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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
“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
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
A cornice is an overhanging mass of snow that can appear sturdy but can break without warning.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
This stream did not seem to have any calm water, and I must have walked a thousand miles before I found a pool by a deep undercut bank in the shade of overhanging bushes.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
