as in exceeded
to go beyond the limit of
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Recent Examples of overshot
Landing anything on the moon isn’t easy, as demonstrated by Apollo 11’s nail-biting touchdown, in which the Lunar Module Eagle overshot the landing site leaving only minutes of fuel to find a safe landing spot, as well as by recent Athena mission overturned landings.
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Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
The Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air belly-landed at South Korea’s Muan International Airport without its landing gear deployed on December 29, overshot the runway and burst into flames after hitting a concrete structure, killing all but two of the 181 people on board.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
The mid-size business jet overshot its landing and went sliding past the runway’s end.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
In the city in 2021, however, Kaegi overshot values.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
The Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air belly-landed at South Korea’s Muan International Airport without its landing gear deployed on December 29, overshot the runway and burst into flames after hitting a concrete structure, killing all but two of the 181 people on board.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
The mid-size business jet overshot its landing and went sliding past the runway’s end.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
In the city in 2021, however, Kaegi overshot values.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overshot
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Building on that winning foundation, the 458 Speciale, built from 2013 to 2015, exceeded the limits of any other Ferrari V-8 of the period.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2025
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Senior design editor Zoë Sessums states that the Woolroom pillow exceeded her expectations, both in the sleep feel and the production process’s transparency.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
28 Oct. 2025
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Last week, however, some investors noticed a change within American, whose fourth-quarter profit forecast surpassed Wall Street analysts' expectations.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
26 Oct. 2025
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At the beginning of summer, for the first time in months, my daily step count surpassed a mile.—
Lucinda Rosenfeld,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Overshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overshot. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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