have overreached
- present perfect of overreach.
Example Sentences
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“The world seems to have overreached in its bid to respond to the energy crisis,” said climate scientist Bill Hare, founder of Climate Action Tracker partner organization Climate Analytics and an author of the report.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2022
There is just something a little off about them, places where the author seems to have overreached, or had a lapse of taste, or misunderstood a post-structuralist concept.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2018
That phrase and “just banter” mirror each other perfectly: one denoting a priggish culture that is deemed to have overreached, the other a laid-back culture that is deemed to have been unfairly reined in.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 30, 2017
Cable companies are betting that local sports will justify big price increases—and they may have overreached.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2014
Do you not see," said the Duke, "that by remaining here and sending young Edward ahead at my approach, Rivers and Grey have overreached themselves completely?
From Beatrix of Clare by Underwood, Clarence F.
