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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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To add insult to injury, Knicks fans traveled to Philadelphia for Games 3 and 4 to watch their team topple the 76ers.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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Zoe Maher tallied six goals and Mia Macropoulos added five pals and three assists as Medfield toppled Algonquin, 21-10.—
Brian Roach,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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Lay a serving plate upside down over the cake, then carefully invert the cake onto the plate.—
Anna Grace Lee,
Vogue,
9 May 2026
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The concept would invert the dynamic that the world has accepted for 65 years.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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All the men were accused of plotting in South Florida and hiring a squad of former Colombian soldiers to violently overthrow Haiti’s president in a coup scheme that turned from his ouster to his assassination a couple of weeks before his death.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2026
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For this overt attempt to overthrow a free and fair election, Moody was ultimately rewarded with an appointment to Marco Rubio’s vacant Senate seat.—
Jim Paladino,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Only Friduss and her mother, who was rescued clinging to a life preserver, survived when the boat soon afterward capsized and threw its ten occupants into the lake.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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Earlier in the day, a college student drowned after a boat capsized on Little Emily Lake, about 130 miles southwest of Lake Vermilion.—
Anthony Bettin,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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Turner wasted one of the Phillies’ two ABS challenges trying to overturn a strike-three call on a pitch firmly in the zone.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2026
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The verdict came after New York’s highest court in 2024 overturned his rape conviction in a landmark ruling that some called a referendum of the shortcomings of the #MeToo movement.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Cecilia’s arrival gradually upends the family’s routines.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
11 May 2026
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His administration is expected to transform political dynamics within the European Union, where the former prime minister had upended the bloc by frequently vetoing key decisions, most recently concerning support for neighboring Ukraine.—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
Verb
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But the most important election result for Jeffries that year may have come months earlier, when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a twenty-eight-year-old bartender with no previous electoral experience, upset Joe Crowley in the Democratic primary for New York’s Fourteenth Congressional District.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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This is a precarious tightrope to walk, with bond investors primed to sell if there’s a hint the biggest player in the market upsets the apple cart.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
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“Overset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overset. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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