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overboard

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






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Some companies have been so eager to use AI that they've gone overboard in a usage binge called "tokenmaxxing."

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

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

From Salon • May 24, 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

Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt embraced method dressing without going overboard at red carpet premieres and other press tour stops for ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

The children were disappointed when they discovered that the romantic phrase simply meant that you threw a lump of iron attached to a rope overboard.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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