overhead

Example Sentences

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The company also would search for reductions in corporate overhead, marketing expenses, procurement, business services and “optimizing the combined real estate footprint.”

From Los Angeles Times

As the flames spread, blocking the exits for those crowded in the bunk room below, a member of Boylan’s crew twice ran right by a 50-foot fire hose overhead, trial evidence showed.

From Los Angeles Times

For a half second we just sat there blinking in the harsh light as the alarm continued to blare overhead, and then we sprang into action.

From Literature

Operators and space firms are together racing to offer so-called "direct-to-device" satellite connectivity, in which phones or other connected gadgets communicate directly via satellites overhead without the need for towers on the ground.

From Barron's

During recess one day, a student inquired about a helicopter flying overhead — “Is that ICE?” the child asked.

From Salon