overhang

Example Sentences

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Do not shelter under a tree or use a cliff or rocky overhang, the weather service warns.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

“High seaborne thermal coal prices will help offset the impact of this ramp up delay, but this is still likely to be an overhang on BTU shares until it is fully resolved,” they wrote.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The overhang around the partnership renewal with Amex “is behind them for the foreseeable future,” the analyst added.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Yet the announcement is “unfortunate” given the recent resolution of prior disputes with the government, “which we hoped would allow investors to consider a potential overhang as being ‘resolved’,” Hissey says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

He found a place out of the wind, beneath an overhang of rock, and took off his cloak to use it for a blanket.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin