had overreached
- past perfect of overreach.
Example Sentences
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In response, the airline industry sued the DOT, claiming it had overreached its authority.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2024
The high court, determining the prosecutors had overreached, ordered the investigation's documents destroyed.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2023
“Now I can take what has happened to my parents and the injustices with it and speak for others,” she said, adding that she felt the government had overreached.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
It has said it will apply for a judicial review, where a judge would decide whether the inquiry had overreached its legal powers to demand evidence.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2023
I waited for him to say the essay was a disaster, the product of an ignorant mind, that it had overreached, drawn too many conclusions from too little material.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
