How to Use sign over in a Sentence

sign over

phrasal verb
  • Two teaser posters were also released showing Blanchett and Kline staring intently into the camera within an asterisk sign over a white background.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Rather the animals were signed over to her per the boarding contract.
    Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2024
  • Rather the animals were signed over to her per the boarding contract.
    Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
  • There were signs over the weekend that the attacks would continue.
    Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Egypt has said an Israeli deployment along the border would threaten the peace treaty the two countries signed over four decades ago.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2024
  • How would a property owner sign over two feet of land to a neighbor because of an encroaching fence?
    Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Moscow’s attempts to spread itself across the Middle East can be seen in the corporate deals that have been signed over the past two years in multiple countries.
    James Henderson, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2017
  • Now, the rights—which should be generating some valuable revenue—have reportedly been signed over to her young son.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • In a separate contract, according to the legal filing, Oher signed over the rights to his story without any payment.
    Laura Zornosa, Time, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The governor has signed over 80 bills into law this year, but these two were the first to be highlighted during a signing ceremony.
    Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2024
  • He has been estranged from his 17-year-old daughter for quite some time now, even agreeing alongside Alana's mother, Mama June Shannon, to sign over custody rights of their only child.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
  • In California, a woman sued her life coach in 2020, claiming the coach convinced her to sign over her home to the coach's nonprofit organization.
    Jessica Miller, ProPublica, 17 June 2024
  • And as the Hebrew-language signs over businesses all over town attest, many Israeli Jews visit, and could, according to locals, have easily been present and slain as well.
    Neri Zilber, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2023
  • China and Malaysia signed over a dozen pacts during Li’s time in the Southeast Asian country, including a new five-year deal for trade and economic cooperation.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune Asia, 18 June 2024
  • But actors might also feel pressured to sign over rights to their voice or digital likeness or not fully understand a contract without a lawyer, Kalra said.
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Campaign group Animal Rising posted a video on its social media channels on Tuesday showing two activists using a paint roller to stick signs over the portrait of the monarch.
    Niamh Kennedy, CNN, 11 June 2024
  • Four years later, Carnegie signed over management of the observatory.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • In an agreement with the town council that was signed over the winter, Filippi was banned from hosting music festivals, and is limited to one band playing outdoors at a time, and no more than two acts in a single day.
    Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The string of criminal complaints and scandals is a flashing neon sign over City Hall showing that the political culture of Los Angeles is rotten and needs a complete overhaul.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
  • Orgon, a wealthy bourgeois who has taken a much younger second wife, signs over his soul to Tartuffe, a lecherous swindler who poses as a saint while pursuing a diabolical agenda.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
  • That examination identified at least 30 deals linked to the surveillance program signed over the last three years with defense giants as well as a string of startups working on unmanned sea drones and AI processing.
    Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • But a board appointed by Disney still has final say about what sorts of aesthetic and cosmetic changes can be made to the community — including the color of properties and whether a business can hang a sign over its front door.
    Tim Craig, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Last week alone, Russia and China signed over 40 agreements that provide Russian firms with lines of credit worth billions of dollars and establish strategic partnerships in the energy sector.
    Eric Lorber, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2014
  • Will schools continue to sign over their media rights to their respective conferences or negotiate directly with media partners?
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
  • LaVere eventually convinced her to sign over her rights to Johnson’s recordings, photographs and other materials.
    Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
  • When Mariam’s maternal grandfather passes, his brother tries to manipulate them into signing over their apartment to him, a common occurrence in Pakistan, where women’s property rights are fragile.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024

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