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verb

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as in to threaten
to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on the problem of how he might be able to afford sending his children to college has been overhanging him for several years

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Recent Examples of overhang
Noun
The monastery was ingeniously placed beneath a small overhang that prevents it from getting soaked on rainy days. Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025 For instance, an overhang extends over all of the home's windows. Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
Verb
Once the sash is closed, the overhanging rubber material compresses against the window frame to prevent airflow. Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2025 In January, 2016, David Cameron, the former Conservative Prime Minister, announced that the new structure would be built in Victoria Tower Gardens, a slender triangular park, overhung with forty-four plane trees, that follows the banks of the River Thames. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overhang
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overhang
Noun
  • The Canadian company is responsible for the cameras and projection systems that allow movies to be seen on the biggest screens around the world.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Nvidia’s projection of $43 billion in sales for the current quarter — a 65% increase — was about $1 billion more than analysts projected, the Journal noted.
    Peter Cohan, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • In September 2024, suspect Ryan Routh, 59, was detained after Secret Service agents spotted a rifle protruding from a bush while Trump was playing on the golf course.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Its most significant physical feature is a segmented tread protruding from its back, and extending to the front of its face.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The third season, based on Michael Connelly’s best-selling novels Desert Star and The Black Ice, will center on a murder investigation of Kurt Dockweiler, which threatens to ruin the lives of the series’ three main characters.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Decimating agencies, military, siding with a terrorist state, threatening to invade US allies, stripping services from vets, ceding US power to Russia and China.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The reason whooping cough can bring on such a gnarly, well, cough in the first place is because of how B. pertussis wreaks havoc: These bugs latch on to the cilia (a.k.a. tiny hairlike protrusions) on cells in your respiratory tract and ooze toxins, triggering inflammation and swelling.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Under such low pressure, the electric field causes positive ions generated from the residual gas in a tube to accelerate and bombard the cathode, creating sharp, nanometer-scale protrusions, which degrade and, ultimately, destroy it.
    Jin-Woo Han, IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2014
Verb
  • On the field, Orozco was successful in her first season before missing last year due to the aforementioned bulging disc.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Things take a turn when Gregory enters the room, muscles bulging under his cardigan, looking for left-handed scissors.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The Brush, by Eliana Hernández-Pachón, translated by Robin Myers The Brush is a book-length poem about people trapped and menaced by forces beyond their control.
    The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
  • But, in a shift, countries that have been close trading partners of the United States also saw their economies menaced.
    Annie Correal, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Summit is the only cave hotel in Texas, and there are stargazing domes and two casitas on site, too.
    Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Pointing at the dome, the group noted the word noor, or light, written in Arabic.
    Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • First, Murray poked fun at how there has only been one Black anchor of the segment: Michael Che, who has had the role alongside Jost since 2014.
    William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2025
  • The Doctor Who star poked fun at Trump during his remarks, earning loud applause from an audience packed with Hollywood stars.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025

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“Overhang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overhang. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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