How to Use put over in a Sentence
put over
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After putting over 30 powders to the test, six rose to the top as clear winners.
—Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
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Blood is visible on the spit mask deputies put over his head.
—Christopher Damien, New York Times, 18 May 2024
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Rain or shine, the show will go on: A tent has been put over the red carpet to keep event-goers dry.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023
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The 14-year-old was punched, had a hand put over his mouth, and was forced into the back of a car in Bradford, England.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2021
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Our team of intrepid testers put over 200 of these new products through their paces.
—Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 21 Mar. 2023
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Most hikers opt to carry rain pants to put over their hiking pants if there is a chance of rain.
—Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2023
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The Cleveland fans who in the preseason shop for paper bags to put over their heads, knowing the inevitable.
—Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
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Tape will be put over cup holders on seats that are unavailable.
—Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2020
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He was yelled at, punched, sodomized, assaulted with pliers and a bag was put over his head.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2024
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Put a cup of each into a saucepan and put over low heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves (no need to bring to simmer).
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 23 July 2022
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During the colder months of the pandemic, Ms. Brown bought a 4-by-8-foot wood board from Home Depot to put over her apartment floors.
—New York Times, 26 May 2021
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And PetSmart just put over 2,000 dog products on sale for Presidents Day.
—Andie Kanaras, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
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However, this was a great way to have Omos put over Rollins while still being protected.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 7 May 2023
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Chicken wire with 1-inch openings can also be put over the bulbs underground and then covered with soil.
—Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 13 Nov. 2021
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Then a lid is put over the top, and all hands gather cover, including cotton stalks, shocks of wheat, and even tumbleweeds, to cover the walls and roof.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 20 Oct. 2020
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Labor unions get a bad rap in this country, and that’s largely a narrative that’s been put over by the captains of industry.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
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At one point, the city had a huge tarp put over the statue, creating a ridiculous blob elevated on a pedestal that solved nothing.
—Washington Post, 12 July 2021
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Together, our crew put over fifty different base layers through the ringer.
—Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
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For this year’s hunting category, our team of seven testers put over 80 pieces of hunting gear through their paces.
—Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2022
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Bags can even be put over flowers to ensure pollen purity, Evans explains.
—Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2022
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These were bolted into some broad plywood boards that the M.T.A. had put over the subway grates, perhaps in a quixotic effort to keep the tunnels from flooding.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2021
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Stallone provides just the right amount of world-weary gravitas and deadpan humor to put over the hokey material.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Aug. 2022
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Branco is supported by several PACs that have put over $1.2 million towards the race.
—Katherine Swartz, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2022
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The quality of the field, which must be repurposed for each soccer game with, for example, the pitching mound removed and sod put over it, has also been criticized.
—Ken Belson, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2022
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Every time a new witness testified, a new cloth covering was put over the microphone by a court assistant and surfaces in front of the witness stand were wiped down.
—Randy Furst, Star Tribune, 23 Sep. 2020
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Monday April 8, a solar eclipse will cross from Texas to Maine, putting over 30 million people in the path of totality, with a partial eclipse visible briefly for millions more.
—NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
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And flaws in Qualcomm's ubiquitous Snapdragon chips put over a billion Android devices at risk.
—Brian Barrett, Wired, 15 Aug. 2020
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The new information shows increased coastal flooding this century will put over 70 million people around the globe in the path of expanding floodplains.
—David Schechter, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
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Not knowing what people might like, Chiang put over 300 items on the menu, including many then-unfamiliar dishes from the Sichuan and Hunan provinces.
—Paolo Lucchesi, SFChronicle.com, 28 Oct. 2020
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In total, its engineers and test drivers put over 3 million miles on various race tracks, mountain roads, and city streets around the world during the development process.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 13 May 2024
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