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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of overstride.

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  • Later, he came to understand that the Frenchman was in the business of weapons and dope, if not directly sanctioned by Uncle Sugar - the local cynical nickname for the US Government - then at least tolerated by this enigmatic, godlike entity which overstrode life in wartime Saigon like a Titan from the clouds.

    The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983

  • Mullen said that Tebow still overstrode on his throws, and that his decision-making should improve with more time in the offense.

    NYT > Home Page By JUDY BATTISTA 2012

  • Mullen said that Tebow still overstrode on his throws, and that his decision-making should improve with more time in the offense.

    NYT > Home Page By JUDY BATTISTA 2012

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