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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
overstretch .
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Examples
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Megawolf grinned and the expression overstretched the natural boundaries of his lips.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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Megawolf grinned and the expression overstretched the natural boundaries of his lips.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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Meanwhile, we will continue to keep nearly 140,000 troops in Iraq while our military is overstretched, which is still at or even above pre-surge levels.
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Britain's "overstretched" armed forces will fight in Iraq for at least another five years ... troops will be serving on operations in the Gulf until at least 2012.
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And that was why they were not followed more closely by ''overstretched'' security services at the time.
Archive 2006-12-01 Rachel 2006
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And that was why they were not followed more closely by ''overstretched'' security services at the time.
M15 Chief Quits Rachel 2006
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The "overstretched" services had embarked on a major review process, which would include an assessment of the need for quality recruitment to lift the quality of intelligence, he told MPs at a briefing in Parliament.
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Asked about the violence at the FNB stadium, ANC information and publicity director Dr Pallo Jordan said the all-night vigil at the stadium for Mr Hani had "overstretched" ANC marshals.
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Asked about the violence at the FNB stadium, ANC information and publicity director Dr Pallo Jordan said the all-night vigil at the stadium for Mr Hani had "overstretched" ANC marshals.
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Army spokesman Athar Abbas told the BBC the "overstretched" military had no plans for any fresh anti-militant operations over the next 12 months.
BBC - Ouch 2010
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