overreach

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To assuage concerns of government overreach, the draft explicitly stated that nothing in the order should be read as creating a mandatory licensing or approval requirement for AI models.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

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

Justice Thomas has put his stamp on other areas of the law, notably gun rights in Bruen in 2022 and executive overreach in regulating bump stocks in Garland v.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Buying a house, in particular, is an overreach.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 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