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Dean said clear skies would give the best view of the event but, if the weather was overcast, it would still "go dark, a little bit cold and the birds will go silent".

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

On an overcast Wednesday morning in Salt Lake City this summer, four bicyclists gathered in an industrial area not far from the city’s airport before fanning out across town.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

The midday sun has only just begun to peek through the overcast sky.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

Saturday, the day before the homecoming festivities, was cool and overcast, but no one seemed to mind as everyone busied themselves with preparations for the big event.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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

Good Heavens, my dear, how deeply is your father still immersed in material things! how dense is his understanding, and what gloom overcasts his soul!

From The Pretentious Young Ladies by Molière

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

As soon as the overcasting is done, proceed with the button-holing without breaking the thread.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools by Ontario. Ministry of Education

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)

The crosses being put in at the same time as the overcasting of the bars renders some forethought necessary to get each in at just the right time and place.

From Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving by Christie, Grace

It is also true that the book can never be rebound, but if the overcasting is properly done, the sewing will last until the book is discarded.

From Library Bookbinding by Bailey, Arthur Low