as in to overcome
to achieve a victory over
that year the football team simply overbore opponent after opponent with steamroller ruthlessness
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Recent Examples of overbear
Following the shooting, cryptic posts were unearthed from Ortiz's social media channels and provided an eye-opening look at overbearing celebrity fans.
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Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 15 Mar. 2026
As the Auberge Collection portfolio's flagship, this stay amply delivers on its promise of luxury, with stunning grounds, immaculate rooms, a positively excellent restaurant and spa, as well as intuitive, never overbearing service.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026
Saddled with much of the dramatic heavy lifting, the score is overbearing partly out of necessity.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2026
Nonetheless, the charmless and overbearing Donovan wins over the ballet company’s board, with only dance instructor Olivia (Celestine Rae) and Harris voting against it.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
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Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 15 Mar. 2026
As the Auberge Collection portfolio's flagship, this stay amply delivers on its promise of luxury, with stunning grounds, immaculate rooms, a positively excellent restaurant and spa, as well as intuitive, never overbearing service.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026
Saddled with much of the dramatic heavy lifting, the score is overbearing partly out of necessity.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2026
Nonetheless, the charmless and overbearing Donovan wins over the ballet company’s board, with only dance instructor Olivia (Celestine Rae) and Harris voting against it.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overbear
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The Bulldogs fell behind 3-0 in the first and could not overcome the early deficit thanks to the efforts of OU starting pitcher Xander Mercurius’ 7 1/3 quality innings pitched.—
Hunter DeLauder,
AJC.com,
16 June 2026
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Chasing atomic limits To overcome that challenge, the KAIST team relied on first-principles calculations, a computational approach that predicts material behavior using the laws of physics rather than experimental data.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
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Across fixtures which mirror the opening half-a-dozen matches of the first team’s Champions League campaign, Newcastle were defeated on every occasion.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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So that led to the biggest shock of all when after Steven blocked Savannah’s vote, and Sophi’s Knowledge is Power fizzled in spectacular fashion, and Tres Leches seemed despondent and defeated… that Steven ended up being unanimously voted out anyway!—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Dec. 2025
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The flipping technique for his classic, beautifully molten-on-the-inside Spanish tortilla takes a good amount of practice to master.—
General Manager,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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Yet, the Knicks mastered those qualities to ensure one of the NBA’s biggest markets could become great again.—
Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Michael Tusk of Quince in San Francisco was named Outstanding Chef at the award ceremony, which took place at the historic Lyric Opera in Chicago before an audience of about 2,000 chefs, restaurant owners and culinary figures.—
Jeanne Bonner,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
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Wood then chested the ball back to Just, who took one touch before kicking the ball in for New Zealand’s first goal in the seventh minute.—
Iliana Limón Romero,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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But his reign was brief, when he was bested by one of Wednesday's contenders after a $0 wager.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 June 2026
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Caglianone bested Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi throughout the game.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
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Collins easily beat former football coach Derek Dooley, according to unofficial election results.—
Tia Mitchell,
AJC.com,
17 June 2026
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The stance in 1966 let in North Korea, who famously beat Italy en route to the quarter-finals.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Some people think, oh, the show’s about true romance, true love conquering it all.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
8 June 2026
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Using archaeological discoveries at a site called Aghios Vasileios, Beck argues that Sparta emerged from an older Lakedaimonian cultural landscape, rather than being created from scratch by conquering warriors.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
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The man was subdued and charged with felony assault on a law enforcement agency animal and misdemeanor resisting arrest, according to an arrest warrant.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Dec. 2025
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Royal Caribbean crew members, including security personnel, approached Virgil and tried to subdue him, according to the filing.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Dec. 2025
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“Overbear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overbear. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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