overreach
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In the end, his legal team came with little more than contortions and cartwheels, trying to twist Bianco’s overreach into existing law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
My reporting indicates that investors are holding back because they want assurances the government’s take will be fair and that they will have contractual security and freedom from bureaucratic overreach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
“I think you’ll see a challenge there — that there’s just been an overreach and abuse of this particular statute,” Hillman said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
“He’s always been a fighter against federal regulatory overreach, and it’s clear for obvious reasons that he has an affinity for oil and gas, given its dominance in Texas,” Longanecker said.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 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
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But when it overreaches, it undercuts what it claims to encourage.
From Salon ● May 13, 2025
Specktor overreaches a bit in the latter stages of the book, as he tries to show just how much 21st century filmmaking has drifted from its inclusive ’60s ethos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
If Mr Abiy overreaches, Saudi Arabia may feel obliged to overcome its wariness over the Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki, and support him.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023
However, considering the potential harms of this technology, enforceable safeguards are needed to prevent unconstitutional overreaches.
From Scientific American ● May 18, 2023
Few of the overreaches, but not none: Cahokia was a glaring exception.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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They, too, overreached, invaded lands they couldn’t conquer or couldn’t control, and brought disasters down on their citizenries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
"He has overreached in advertising something to end up getting what he actually wants. Maybe what he actually wants is a larger military presence and an offtake."
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
Additionally, if the Supreme Court rules that Trump overreached his authority to implement tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, businesses could boost hiring in the expectation of reduced levies.
From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026
I returned the ball to her, but Gary overreached to poach it, driving a shot into Noah’s waiting forehand.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
Then, brimming with confidence, he overreached by taking on both the US Army and the most popular television news anchorman in the country, Edward R. Murrow.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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During the McCarthy era, overreaching laws, surveillance, and public and private sector reprisals ostensibly targeted alleged communists.
From Salon ● May 28, 2026
Tech firms, which are desperate to stop other countries from implementing similar bans, have argued the government is overreaching, and pointed to recently strengthened parental controls on many of their platforms as a solution.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
This time, some of the AI companies’ critics may be overreaching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
That makes it important for investors to distinguish between companies capable of handling the cycle and those overreaching.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
When he left the house he drove rapidly to town, overreaching the slow sabbath groups and the peremptory bells along the broken air.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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