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Recent Examples of overshot
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
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
In the city in 2021, however, Kaegi overshot values.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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
In the city in 2021, however, Kaegi overshot values.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overshot
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The company said the Series F funding round had exceeded a $15B target, with investors including Valor Equity Partners, Stepstone Group, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Qatar Investment Authority, MGX and Baron Capital Group, along with previous investors Nvidia and Cisco Investments.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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As of late 2025, cumulative shipments of the 587Ah platform have exceeded 2 GWh.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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Consider the Trefis Reinforced Value (RV) Portfolio, which has surpassed its all-cap stocks benchmark (a combination of the S&P 500, S&P mid-cap, and Russell 2000 indices) to deliver strong returns for investors.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Jalen Brunson scored 20 points and Landry Shamet was 6 for 6 on 3-pointers and added 18 for the Knicks, who led by as much as 59 points before the 54-point victory that surpassed the previous largest victory margin of 48 points.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Overshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overshot. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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