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“The guard overset on me, so I spun back inside, and with some pressure by Mel on the backside, it made him step back,” Philon said of Driskel.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2018

Because the golden part is brighter, and in the center, it looks overset until you get close to the surface.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2018

He was a man on horseback who broke the hegemony of London and Paris, overset a degenerate regime, achieved a social and political revolution and established a humanitarian tyranny.

From Time Magazine Archive

We are informed that one Piles a Fidler, with his Wife, were overset in a Canoo near Newtown Creek.

From Time Magazine Archive

In an instant the books were abandoned, the table nearly overset in getting from behind it, and the whole group hung round the voyagers, delighted at their return, and overwhelming them with questions and caresses.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza