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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
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
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
Verb
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Lowell also rallied down the stretch, scoring on its final possession to topple Billerica, 22-20.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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Because parliament was riven among pro-democracy parties, the communists, and the Nazis, Papen was able to govern by emergency decree But parliament could still topple his government with a vote of no confidence, and thus Papen needed the parliamentary parties not to actively oppose him.—
Time,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Quickly invert cookies and baking mat onto another cookie sheet.—
Jenavieve Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Oct. 2025
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Contrasting this was a black button-down underneath his jacket, essentially inverting the classic suit color scheme.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Militants have been waging war against the Pakistani state for years in an attempt to overthrow the government.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Giménez’s idea is that, if the island becomes poor enough, its people will rise up and overthrow the government.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Here's What to Know Several attempts to provide guardrails around technology have already capsized.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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The group gets stranded at sea off the coast of Florida when their boat capsizes, leading Coast Guard Captain Timothy Close (Duhamel) to oversee the efforts to bring them home as a storm looms.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Additionally, the letter calls on Congressional support for the European Union to overturn its ban on Sulfuryl Fluoride, a pesticide used to fumigate Southern Yellow Pine wood chips on breakbulk cargo ships.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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The British Library overturned its initial decision by issuing Wilde’s proxy a new card in his name.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Within the next decade, the enchanting imagism of silent film would be supplanted by the talkie’s emphasis on dialogue and narrative realism, upending the format and studios that had made Keaton a star of the Old Hollywood system.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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The film, which Jacir has spent eight years developing, centers on a group of Palestinian villagers whose lives are upended by British occupation, tracing the birth of a national movement that reverberates through generations.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The thing that upsets me with fashion today is everyone is so scared.—
Rob Haskell,
Vogue,
20 Oct. 2025
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Miami lost its first game of the season in a 24-21 upset by the Louisville Cardinals at Hard Rock Stadium.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Overset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overset. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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