overlapped

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Barack Obama, whose presidency overlapped with Mueller's tenure as FBI chief for five years, hailed him as "one of the most respected public servants of our time."

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

Given government censorship and the cultural divisions among tech platforms, Chinese and American social media users never really overlapped to see each others’ regular routines and memes.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Ed Slater, whose career at Leicester overlapped with Moody's by a season, retired from playing in July 2022 after tests showed he too had MND.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

“We always aim for, I say, emotional and character truth,” said Nina Jacobson, an executive producer whose freshman year at Brown University overlapped with JFK Jr.’s senior year there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

This task would belong to a group of composers whose lives overlapped and found focus within the walls of one great city: Vienna.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall