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overboard

[oh-ver-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈoʊ vərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /






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I love tuna salad and have definitely gone overboard with how often I eat it every week.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

Clotted ribbons of trash were drifting past, from marooned vessels forced to toss rotting garbage overboard.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Jones was 18 and working as a Merchant Navy chef when he went overboard on the Northern Star cruise liner in the English Channel in 1975.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt brought their A game, embracing method dressing without going overboard.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Flotsam means the leftover bits and pieces of a shipwreck, while jetsam means items thrown overboard on purpose.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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