overreach

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That agreement resolved a union grievance addressing what the union regarded as administrative overreach and inattention to employees mired in lengthy investigations and disciplinary proceedings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Buying a house, in particular, is an overreach.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

What he objects to is what he terms "influencer overreach", where those with mass followings share advice backed up by dodgy evidence - or no evidence at all.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Not even Anthropic’s competitors, which have raised concerns about how the precedent could allow for government overreach and stunt the technology’s development.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

And he was also biding his time, waiting for Archie to overreach himself, to make a mistake.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier