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the principal overstepped her authority in ordering everyone to remain in the unheated school
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Prevent anyone from taking advantage of you or overstepping boundaries that can cost you financially or emotionally.
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Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
Democrats accused these officials of overstepping their legal authority — and called the efforts a test run for trying to thwart a Biden victory this fall.
—Colby Itkowitz, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
Kneecapping the federal workforce Conservatives view the federal workforce as overstepping its role to become a power center that can drive or thwart a president’s agenda.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 24 June 2024
In the earlier ruling, the court said prosecutors overstepped in using an obstruction statute to charge one of the Jan. 6 defendants.
—Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
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Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
Democrats accused these officials of overstepping their legal authority — and called the efforts a test run for trying to thwart a Biden victory this fall.
—Colby Itkowitz, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
Kneecapping the federal workforce Conservatives view the federal workforce as overstepping its role to become a power center that can drive or thwart a president’s agenda.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 24 June 2024
In the earlier ruling, the court said prosecutors overstepped in using an obstruction statute to charge one of the Jan. 6 defendants.
—Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
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“Overstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overstep. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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