overboard
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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
When it comes to supplements or over-the-counter peptides, don’t go overboard.
From Barron's • May 21, 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
Police in the Bahamas are searching for an American woman who disappeared after reportedly falling overboard from a small boat while vacationing with her husband.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
The Aeneid was one thing—at least there were storms and ships being tossed and people being washed overboard.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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