as in exceeded
to go beyond the limit of
the principal overstepped her authority in ordering everyone to remain in the unheated school
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In October, the Constitutional Court banned a far-right politician from running in the presidential election in a ruling analysts, civil rights groups and some parties said overstepped its powers.
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Reuters, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
SpaceX claimed in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that members of the California Coastal Commission violated Musk’s right to free speech and overstepped the agency’s authority after members cited the billionaire’s conspiratorial comments on his social media platform X in denying the bid.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
The challengers argued that the EPA overstepped and imposed unattainable standards.
—L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
The organization had argued that the State Election Board overstepped its authority in adopting the rules.
—Kate Brumback, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024
The industry groups and states had argued the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its authority and set unattainable standards with the new regulations.
—Lindsay Whitehurst The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024
Biden’s plan has been on hold since September, when the states filed a lawsuit in Georgia arguing Biden had overstepped his legal authority.
—Collin Binkley, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
That it could be taken away by a despotic government at a moment’s notice, leaving gun owners with no recourse against a government that has overstepped its bounds.
—Iain Overton, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2016
Reuters, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
SpaceX claimed in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that members of the California Coastal Commission violated Musk’s right to free speech and overstepped the agency’s authority after members cited the billionaire’s conspiratorial comments on his social media platform X in denying the bid.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
The challengers argued that the EPA overstepped and imposed unattainable standards.
—L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
The organization had argued that the State Election Board overstepped its authority in adopting the rules.
—Kate Brumback, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024
The industry groups and states had argued the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its authority and set unattainable standards with the new regulations.
—Lindsay Whitehurst The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024
Biden’s plan has been on hold since September, when the states filed a lawsuit in Georgia arguing Biden had overstepped his legal authority.
—Collin Binkley, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
That it could be taken away by a despotic government at a moment’s notice, leaving gun owners with no recourse against a government that has overstepped its bounds.
—Iain Overton, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2016
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