overreach
Example Sentences
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While Australia sees itself as a world leader in the online safety space, some tech companies, headquartered in other parts of the world, have long accused the country of overreach.
From BBC
Let’s Go Washington, a grassroots organization pushing against state government overreach, turned in a mountain of signatures for these initiatives.
Politically they cluster around the middle and dislike extremism and overreach.
So let us put this down as etymological overreach by Mr. Dalrymple.
A writ of mandate is a court order that attempts to correct alleged overreach or abuse of discretion by a government official or agency.
From Los Angeles Times
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