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as in to defeat
to get the better of through cleverness
a real estate developer who is always trying to overreach his competitors, fair means or foul
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as in to exceed
to go beyond the limit of
the mountain climbers overreached their abilities and paid for it dearly
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Recent Examples of overreach
The group of volunteers, known as the Swan Ball Initiative (SBI), said the botanical garden was overreaching into the planning and finances of their event.
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Adam Tamburin, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
In the meantime, not everyone is convinced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu isn’t already overreaching in Syria to win domestic political points.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
Can real-time personalization strike the right balance between relevance and overreach?
—Gary Drenik, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Democrats are likely to dedicate their 215 votes to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), leaving Johnson to scrabble for an overreaching three votes to secure the support of the 218 members required to win the position, assuming every representative is present.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
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Adam Tamburin, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
In the meantime, not everyone is convinced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu isn’t already overreaching in Syria to win domestic political points.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
Can real-time personalization strike the right balance between relevance and overreach?
—Gary Drenik, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Democrats are likely to dedicate their 215 votes to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), leaving Johnson to scrabble for an overreaching three votes to secure the support of the 218 members required to win the position, assuming every representative is present.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
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United defeated Southampton 3-1 on Thursday night thanks to Amad’s late hat-trick to move Amorim’s side up to 12th in the Premier League, but the visitors — who are 10 points from safety — caused them plenty of problems.Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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But the white population usually defeats the preferred candidate of Black voters.Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
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Projects must be feature dramas or animations intended for commercial theatrical exhibition in Hong Kong, with a runtime of at least 80 minutes and a production budget not exceeding $7.7 million.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
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Those losses would far exceed the $12.5 billion in insured damages from the 2018 Camp Fire, which until now was the costliest blaze in the country’s history, according to data from Aon.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
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The Russian Defense Ministry claimed the attack had been thwarted.Natasha Frost, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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No sitting president pressuring a vice president to thwart the process.Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
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With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch Alliance and the debut of Blue Origin’s New Glenn, the Space Coast could surpass 100 in 2025.Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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The fire had burned 10,600 acres by Wednesday afternoon, with winds reaching, and even surpassing 80 mph, per the Angeles National Forest.Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
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These include data poisoning, where training datasets are manipulated to compromise models, and adversarial attacks, which involve subtle input changes to deceive AI systems.Piyush Ranjan, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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And unless my eyes deceive me, the shine is turned up to 11 thanks to shimmer in her middle part.Marci Robin, Allure, 8 Jan. 2025
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From Klay Thompson to Shaun Livingston to Ball, the NBA has been filled with stories of players overcoming tremendous physical and personal adversity to return to the court.Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
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Both quarterbacks, roommates at the Manning Passing Academy, overcame difficult, and certainly shocking, defeats on their way to leading Ohio State and Notre Dame, respectively, to Monday’s CFP national championship game in Atlanta.Tom Layberger, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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Noted for being intelligent enough to even outsmart their owners, the American Kennel Club states the breed is related to Australia's native wild dog, the Dingo.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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However, according to one prominent tipster, Samsung’s next-gen handsets will deliver a range of as-yet-unknown AI features capable of outsmarting even arch-rival Apple.Paul Monckton, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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However, others have questioned how she was so easily fooled.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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The attackers disguise themselves as fake Google Ads login pages to fool advertisers, who are then phished for their account credentials.Davey Winder, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Overreach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overreach. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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