overhang
Example Sentences
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Do not shelter under a tree or use a cliff or rocky overhang, the weather service warns.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
At the same time, he acknowledged that the development could be “a bit of an overhang on the shares in the near term.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Yet the announcement is “unfortunate” given the recent resolution of prior disputes with the government, “which we hoped would allow investors to consider a potential overhang as being ‘resolved’,” Hissey says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
“The market may be beginning to price in a more favorable cost/supply backdrop for OEMs, as any stabilization in memory pricing and supply would reduce a key overhang on hardware profitability,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026
She caught a band with one front claw and was able to grab the overhang with her hind feet and, scratching hard on the shakes, pull herself up onto the roof.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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