overreach

Example Sentences

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And where that happens, I think it clearly is an overreach.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

Holders of this viewpoint argue that regulating therapy risks governmental overreach into private belief and expression.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

There's a reason this protest streak runs so hot in South Korea, which only became a democracy in the late 1980s and is well-acquainted with political interference, dictatorships and military overreach.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

So let us put this down as etymological overreach by Mr. Dalrymple.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 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