overhang
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That in itself will be costly, but in theory the overhang and what is underneath it will be in United's footprint - and the club will be responsible for it.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
“Overall, we continue to expect the competitive debate to remain an overhang for investors, but the lack of observable volume pressure supports our view that FICO’s competitive position will prove resilient,” the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The heavy overseas revenue contribution makes geopolitical risks and trade tensions an overhang after its inclusion in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Investors should monitor this event for potential volatility driven by both earnings performance and the supply overhang from the expiring lock-up,” Clear Street Research analysts advised in a July 7 note to clients.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Pacing in front of the library waiting for Gran, I shaded myself from the sun under the roof overhang, but the air kept blowing gusts of hot breath in my direction.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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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
Remaining overhangs on branded GLP-1 uptake, namely injectable supply and pricing dynamics, “were largely resolved last year,” analysts wrote in a lengthy research note on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
Engineering giant Worley faces “a number of near-term overhangs limiting share price upside,” says Barrenjoey analyst Megan Kirby-Lewis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
In stock markets, these overhangs usually run six to 18 months.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 17, 2025
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
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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
At Bassin la Paix, in St. Benoit, an entire river courses over a 40-foot drop into a fishbowl-like swimming hole, throwing off so much spray that overhung basalt cliffs on shore are covered in ferns.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2019
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
There was a landing, for instance, overhung with a mobile.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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"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
Their staple diet are deer, and they hunt by stealth often pouncing from trees or overhanging rocks.
From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 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
The old dog drank deeply, standing up to his chest in the cold water; the cat picked his way delicately to the edge of an overhanging rock.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
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