Thesaurus results for OVERREACHED

overreached

verb

past tense of overreach

as in deceived

to get the better of through cleverness a real estate developer who is always trying to overreach his competitors, fair means or foul

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as in exceeded

to go beyond the limit of the mountain climbers overreached their abilities and paid for it dearly

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Recent Examples of overreached The pregnant pauses between seasons have overreached. — Emma Flint, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2025 The defense argued that the encounters were consensual and that the government had overreached. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 9 Mar. 2026 Democrats and liberals strongly believe Trump has overreached yet again — albeit not in quite such egregious terms — by inveighing against Bad Bunny. — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 10 Feb. 2026 Rozier's lawyers have asked for the charges against him to be thrown out, arguing that the government overreached by turning a private dispute over bettors' use of nonpublic information into a federal case. — CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026 The law also aims to rein in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Republicans argue had overreached under former President Joe Biden. — Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025

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Dana, falling in love with Zorro and out of love with Diego, and being deceived by both, is sublimely affecting.

— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
In nearly half of all scams, 49% of the victims were also deceived into personally sending money to the scammers.

— Samantha Elkins, NBC news, 30 June 2026

Definition of deceived

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Between 2022 and 2024, public cash injections exceeded 10%of GDP, according to a study published last year by the Institute of Economics and Peace, an Australian think tank.

— Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 July 2026
If the cost of tokens has already exceeded the cost of the employees they were meant to replace, when does the comparison start running in the other direction?

— Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of exceeded

Verb

The company, expected to report results later this month, had in April forecast quarterly Azure sales above Wall Street estimates, but also issued ‌a $190 billion ⁠spending projection for 2026 that massively surpassed expectations.

— Reuters, NBC news, 6 July 2026
The company, expected to report results later this month, had in April forecast quarterly Azure sales above Wall Street estimates, but also issued a $190 billion spending projection for 2026 that massively surpassed expectations.

— Aditya Soni, USA Today, 6 July 2026

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Nicolas Pepe had a shot from roughly 10 yards out that was thwarted by Norway goalkeeper Orjan Haskjold Nyland with his leg.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2026
The development of lifesaving medications can be thwarted by too much caution in not tolerating some potential side effects.

— Dipesh Navsaria, The Conversation, 29 June 2026

Definition of thwarted

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The series will also recreate pivotal moments from Carlos’ life, while Carr examines how Carlos outmaneuvered intelligence services before being captured.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 24 June 2026
Infantino endured another lesson in the limits of his facile brand of diplomacy in Vancouver, when he was outmaneuvered by Jibril Rajoub, the 73-year-old president of the Palestinian Football Association, who had asked to address the congress.

— Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026

Definition of outmaneuvered

Verb

Towering over the town is another, much bigger, Venetian fort, the Palamidhi (named after Palamedes, Nafplio’s legendarily clever local hero, who outwitted Odysseus and, well, didn’t live long enough to regret it).

— Helen Brown, TheWeek, 30 Apr. 2026
Twenty-six years ago, students treated a visit by then-President Bill Clinton as a challenge, and outwitted the Secret Service by secretly rigging a banner to unfurl at an inopportune moment.

— Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2026

Definition of outwitted

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The world’s leading superpower was outsmarted by Iran, perhaps because Iran’s secretary of defense took his job seriously.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
Meanwhile, Tyreese is outsmarted by the Terminus Tiger Fan, who grabs baby Judith and threatens to snap her neck unless Tyreese walks unarmed into a herd of walkers outside.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026

Definition of outsmarted

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