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Recent Examples of overset
That led to the Saints to overset the edge or overrun the ball carrier, creating huge cutback lanes.
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Lance Reisland, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
McGovern will often overset shaded defensive linemen, which opens up the inside move for defenders.
—John Owning, Dallas News, 1 June 2020
Gallimore also flashes an effective spin move to take advantage of offensive linemen who overset to defend his upfield burst.
—John Owning, Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2020
The edge rush can also set up a counter inside move if the tackle continues to overset – as Curry showed here.
—Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 26 Jan. 2018
Lance Reisland, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
McGovern will often overset shaded defensive linemen, which opens up the inside move for defenders.
—John Owning, Dallas News, 1 June 2020
Gallimore also flashes an effective spin move to take advantage of offensive linemen who overset to defend his upfield burst.
—John Owning, Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2020
The edge rush can also set up a counter inside move if the tackle continues to overset – as Curry showed here.
—Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 26 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overset
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Then in 1958, the Pakistani army toppled the civilian government in the country’s first of several military coup attempts, three of which have been successful.—
Ayesha Jalal,
The Conversation,
8 May 2025
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In December, a consortium of rebel factions led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham unexpectedly toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad, whose family had ruled Syria for five decades.—
David Makovsky,
Foreign Affairs,
6 May 2025
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Invert sugar, or invert syrup, is a liquid sugar used to sweeten foods and beverages.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
8 May 2025
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More recently, Caicedo has started as the nominal right-back and inverted into midfield alongside the Belgian whenever Chelsea have the ball, with Fernandez moving up into the left half-space.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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And somebody will try to overthrow Xi Jinping for being too soft.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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The value of the currency has plummeted: from 50 Syrian pounds to the U.S. dollar before the war, to about 15,000 when the Assad regime was overthrown.—
Raja Abdulrahim,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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The move comes a week after three people died when a panga with 18 people aboard capsized off the coast of Del Mar. A 10-year-old girl also went missing and is presumed dead.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2025
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What To Know Authorities say three migrants died Monday when a boat carrying them and 13 others capsized off the California coast.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 May 2025
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But in April, the state’s Court of Appeals, which has a Republican majority, issued a three-sentence decision overturning the lower court’s ruling without hearing oral arguments.—
Doug Bock Clark,
ProPublica,
16 May 2025
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President Donald Trump has stated that birthright citizenship — which his administration is trying to overturn in court — was originally intended for a narrow group of people: the children of slaves.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2025
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Since then, markets have been upended by the announcement of a set of historic new tariffs that is creating an unprecedented modern world saga.—
Chris Perry,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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India is one of several countries or trading blocks attempting to strike deals with the US after Trump’s sweeping set of tariffs has upended global trade.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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Jasmine Paolini upset American Coco Gauff to become the first Italian to win the Italian Open in 40 years.—
Sam Settleman,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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At 34 years old, Stockman's youthful assurance and irreverence for sacred cows of all kinds soon upset many of his former colleagues on the Hill.—
Ron Elving,
NPR,
17 May 2025
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“Overset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overset. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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