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Recent Examples of overshot
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.
—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.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai told the BBC there are times when the tech industry has overshot.
—The Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
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.
—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.
—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.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
The mid-size business jet overshot its landing and went sliding past the runway’s end.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
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.
—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.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai told the BBC there are times when the tech industry has overshot.
—The Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
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.
—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.
—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.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
The mid-size business jet overshot its landing and went sliding past the runway’s end.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overshot
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Shamsid-Deen initially sought to impose a 90-day jail term, but prosecutor Jonah Karls informed him that the sentence exceeded his legal authority, something the judge appeared unaware of.—
Brian Maass,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
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Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia broke records set in 1896, and exceeded their 20th century average April temperatures by as much as eight degrees.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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The film surpassed $400 million at the global box office, and a sequel that is based on the author’s follow-up book The Housemaid’s Secret is set for release in 2027.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
7 May 2026
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Addie Hajj surpassed 100 career goals, helping to fuel North Reading during a 17-8 Cape Ann League victory over Essex Tech.—
Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
7 May 2026
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“Overshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overshot. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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