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Recent Examples of overshot
Boutte’s only targets came courtesy of DeVito, who overshot him in the end zone and ripped a short curl-route completion to him in front of undrafted rookie corner Channing Canada.
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Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
But the team failed to advance to the second round after its rocket overshot the target height of 730 feet, reaching a peak of 830 feet, according to Del Norte team Vice President Hithin Pulamarasetty, who was among the four members who went to the National Finals.
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2026
Both days had overshot an earlier record in 2024.
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Rajesh Kumar Singh,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
The workers were traveling back to their office after delivering crude oil and other supplies in a farming village in Negros Oriental province when their truck overshot the road and fell into a 100-f00t-deep ravine, police said.
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Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
Stroud also overshot a wide-open Collins late in the first half — a completion would have set up Houston for points.
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Mike Defabo,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
Some worry that the FDA overshot the mark by removing the warning from all types of hormone therapies, especially pills, which expose the entire body to hormones and may increase a person’s risk for dangerous blood clots as much as fivefold.
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Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
12 Nov. 2025
Landing anything on the moon isn’t easy, as demonstrated by Apollo 11’s nail-biting touchdown, in which the Lunar Module Eagle overshot the landing site leaving only minutes of fuel to find a safe landing spot, as well as by recent Athena mission overturned landings.
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Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
The Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air belly-landed at South Korea’s Muan International Airport without its landing gear deployed on December 29, overshot the runway and burst into flames after hitting a concrete structure, killing all but two of the 181 people on board.
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Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
But the team failed to advance to the second round after its rocket overshot the target height of 730 feet, reaching a peak of 830 feet, according to Del Norte team Vice President Hithin Pulamarasetty, who was among the four members who went to the National Finals.
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2026
Both days had overshot an earlier record in 2024.
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Rajesh Kumar Singh,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
The workers were traveling back to their office after delivering crude oil and other supplies in a farming village in Negros Oriental province when their truck overshot the road and fell into a 100-f00t-deep ravine, police said.
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Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
Stroud also overshot a wide-open Collins late in the first half — a completion would have set up Houston for points.
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Mike Defabo,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
Some worry that the FDA overshot the mark by removing the warning from all types of hormone therapies, especially pills, which expose the entire body to hormones and may increase a person’s risk for dangerous blood clots as much as fivefold.
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Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
12 Nov. 2025
Landing anything on the moon isn’t easy, as demonstrated by Apollo 11’s nail-biting touchdown, in which the Lunar Module Eagle overshot the landing site leaving only minutes of fuel to find a safe landing spot, as well as by recent Athena mission overturned landings.
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Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
The Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air belly-landed at South Korea’s Muan International Airport without its landing gear deployed on December 29, overshot the runway and burst into flames after hitting a concrete structure, killing all but two of the 181 people on board.
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Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overshot
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The county did not clarify if the mixing zone had been exceeded.
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Spending in California has generally exceeded revenue growth during Newsom’s tenure in the governor’s office, creating a chronic shortfall.
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During Thursday's World Cup match at New York-New Jersey Stadium between Ecuador and Germany, the total tournament record was surpassed at 3,587,539 fans, FIFA said.
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The tournament’s expansion from 32 to 48 teams, which added games in the group stage, is most likely one reason the record was surpassed so quickly.
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“Overshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overshot. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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