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Recent Examples of overshoot The attorneys maintained the prosecution had overshot the mark. Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 2 July 2025 In 2010, an Air India flight arriving from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, overshot the runway in Mangalore, India, and plunged over a cliff, killing 158 of the 166 people on board. Foster Klug, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025 Air India last suffered a crash this deadly in 2010, when 158 people were killed after one of its jets overshot a runway in southern India. Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 June 2025 KeyBanc is the latest to argue UnitedHealth shares overshot to the downside, but still took its price target down $50 to $400. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for overshoot
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  • In 2024, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center received nearly 860,000 reports of scams, with potential losses exceeding $16 billion.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The tax break phases out for individuals with earnings exceeding $75,000 and for married couples with earnings above $150,000.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • Charlotte posted five different drives of eight plays or more, three of which surpassed 60 yards on the drive.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The total of 823 munitions made the attack Russia's largest to date, surpassing the 741 munitions reported by the air force on July 9.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Overshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overshoot. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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