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overtime

[oh-ver-tahym, oh-ver-tahym] / ˈoʊ vərˌtaɪm, ˌoʊ vərˈtaɪm /
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Though he trailed 13-10 in the final minutes, he was now close enough for a game-winning touchdown or a possible field goal to force overtime.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Leigh Day said judges did uphold 2024 findings on night-time premiums, overtime premiums and paid rest breaks.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

For his seven seasons with the Clippers, he was a part-time worker getting paid excessive overtime.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Roughly 40 percent of businesses in Japan are operating under specific labour-management agreements that legally allow monthly overtime of up to 100 hours, according to the labour ministry.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Bull was reading an account of a Celtic-Knickerbocker game that had gone into overtime.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

The action raced like an overtimed kinetoscopic film.

From A Man to His Mate by Stockton Mulford



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