oversized

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Leather pants were worn with oversized rhinestone-rimmed sunglasses.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Researchers say the system could resemble an oversized version of the early solar system.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

Jost’s Hegseth stuck to a now well-worn bit: an oversized glass of “scotch” in hand, he “took questions” from the press while mostly ignoring them, pivoting instead to insults and non-answers.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

An oversized rise in borrowing costs driven by participants in financial markets, though, risks pushing an already-weakened economy into recession.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

To these people just off the train, we all must have looked like escaped mental-asylum patients with our shaved heads and our wooden shoes and oversized blue-and-gray-striped uniforms.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz