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In its response, Harvard said it did not "take lightly" its obligation to fight antisemitism but said the government was overreaching.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2025

But Verrall said she didn’t believe the government was overreaching because statistics showed the vast majority of smokers wanted to quit anyway, and the new policies would only help them achieve their goal.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2021

“My constituents, in many cases, thought that the government was overreaching, and they felt like they were being wronged,” he told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2021

Symmonds refused, saying the federation was overreaching in trying to grant such exclusivity to Nike.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2015

This office came into prominence when Roman despotism found that it was overreaching itself by grinding down the defenseless curiae below the margin of productiveness.

From The Communes of Lombardy from the VI. to the X. Century An Investigation of the Causes Which Led to the Development Of Municipal Unity Among the Lombard Communes. by Williams, William Klapp