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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overstretch.

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Examples

  • If it overstretches, concern will grow it is sacrificing balance-sheet strength for sales.

    First Solar Flies Too Close to the Sun Peter Eavis 2010

  • Now the enemies are the welfare state and, again, global capitalism, which underwrites and overstretches the states.

    Shock of Gray Ted C. Fishman 2010

  • If it overstretches, concern will grow it is sacrificing balance-sheet strength for sales.

    First Solar Flies Too Close to the Sun Peter Eavis 2010

  • If it overstretches, concern will grow it is sacrificing balance-sheet strength for sales.

    First Solar Flies Too Close to the Sun Peter Eavis 2010

  • Some may feel that the resultant drama overstretches its single central gag a fake Bolshoi at large in France, but I found the emotional crescendo increasingly engaging and the rousing finale had me cheering.

    Mark Kermode's DVD round-up Mark Kermode 2010

  • If it overstretches, concern will grow it is sacrificing balance-sheet strength for sales.

    First Solar Flies Too Close to the Sun Peter Eavis 2010

  • This not only overstretches the IT band, making it sore, but can also aggravate the bursa of the hip, creating hip bursitis.

    ChiRunning Danny Dreyer 2009

  • Mr Buckley, Jr is quoted as saying “The neoconservative hubris, which sort of assigns to America some kind of geo-strategic responsibility for maximizing democracy, overstretches the resources of a free country.”

    Firedoglake » Can Republicans Put Country Before Party? 2006

  • And "The neoconservative hubris, which sort of assigns to America some kind of geo-strategic responsibility for maximizing democracy, overstretches the resources of a free country."

    Firedoglake » Can Republicans Put Country Before Party? 2006

  • Lengthening a muscle without contracting it at the same time overstretches the muscle and dramatically increases your risk of injury.

    The Genius of Flexibility Bob Cooley 2005

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