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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
Gallimore also flashes an effective spin move to take advantage of offensive linemen who overset to defend his upfield burst.
—John Owning, Dallas News, 26 Apr. 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
Gallimore also flashes an effective spin move to take advantage of offensive linemen who overset to defend his upfield burst.
—John Owning, Dallas News, 26 Apr. 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
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One game after the Oilers were unsuccessful in challenging that Bennett interfered with Stuart Skinner during the game’s first goal, Bennett toppled over Skinner after getting contact from Ekholm later in the period.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Any shift on the key issues could topple the high-wire act needed to please House and Senate Republicans.—
Benjamin Siegel,
ABC News,
7 June 2025
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There was something transgressive and liberating about an aesthetic that inverted not only good and bad taste but also conventional and unconventional morality.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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Top one of those pieces of buttered bread with a few slices of onion, evenly distributed over the surface, then invert the other buttered bread slice on top.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 May 2025
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Qaddafi was later overthrown and slain in a 2011 rebellion backed by NATO.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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In 1984, five years after the Shah of Iran was overthrown, her parents moved with her to Germany.—
Kerry A. Dolan,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Authorities were notified that the boat capsized near Torrey Pines State Beach in San Diego at around 6:30 a.m. local time, a Coast Guard official told CBS News at the time.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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This past month, when North Korea launched its second destroyer, the ship capsized, prompting an angry Mr. Kim to order the arrests of several officials.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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Adeyemi then had a penalty overturned in the 35th minute.—
Manuel Veth,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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But the decision was overturned to a no-contest after Keyshawn tested positive for marijuana.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2025
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Overall, the plan calls for about a 12% cut in overall funding, but also upends how that money can be spent.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 June 2025
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While remote work continues to expand broadly, those dreaming of a fully remote future have been upended by some core realities: people are coming back to the office and, in the right circumstances, workers of all ages and levels value some office time.—
Aman Kidwai,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
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Ross had been upset that his father had recently gotten back into a relationship with Smith’s mother, Smith said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 June 2025
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Kiah Stokes, Las Vegas Aces: Stokes played 13 minutes in Vegas’s only game of the week, a 95-68 upset by the Golden State Valkyries.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
10 June 2025
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“Overset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overset. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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