overset

Definition of oversetnext

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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. 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 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
Verb
  • Lightning — bright red and designed by Chinese smartphone brand Honor — slammed into a barricade and toppled down the stretch, but the robot helped itself back up with human assistance and propelled its three-foot-long legs to victory.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Trump’s first target was Venezuelan autocrat Maduro, a close ally of Cuba, and many Cuban Americans saw that intervention as a step toward realizing Rubio’s desire to topple the island’s communist government.
    The Week US, TheWeek, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Within the zār belief, those same histories are inverted.
    Adam Pourahmadi, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Naqvi took these ideas and inverted them.
    Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Created from synthetic organic material, and thus more android than mechanical, these worker-roboti ultimately overthrow their human masters.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The airspace between Haiti and the Dominican Republic was officially closed in March 2024 after armed gangs united and sought to overthrow the government of the prime minister at the time, Ariel Henry.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Around 250 people were missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the ​Andaman Sea, the United Nations’ refugee and migration ‌agencies said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The declaration came after at least two boats capsized near the harbor entrance in the previous month.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Detectives said a passerby found the 60-year-old man partially sitting in a wheelchair that was overturned.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Prior to his 2011 conviction, Jeffs was charged and convicted of being an accomplice to rape in September 2007 after coercing a 14-year-old to marry her 19-year-old cousin, though the ruling was later overturned by the Utah Supreme Court over faulty jury instructions, according to CBS News.
    Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Based on the book by Bart Baker, Honeymoon with Harry follows a rough-around-the-edges man (Gyllenhaal) who ends up sharing an unwanted journey with his fiancée’s (Pidgeon) prickly, overprotective father (Costner) after a life-altering turn upends their plans.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Many projects leave festivals like Sundance or Cannes without distribution, and even those filmmakers that get deals have seen their residuals and back-end participation shrink as streaming has upended the economics of Hollywood.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • If the proverbial switch is flipped and the Wolves upset Denver, there will be little reason to doubt this team going forward, whether in these playoffs or seasons to come.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Cade realized the players were sweating out electrolytes — another word for minerals like sodium, potassium and magnesium — and upsetting the body’s chemical balance.
    Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026

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“Overset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/overset. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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