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The Chinese tried to to use saber rattling and use the rhetorical war in order to deter Pelosi's trip, and they went overboard with their threats, now Pelosi decided to have the trip and that leaves the Chinese hanging, because they can't really deliver. – Yun Sun	Found on CNN 1 year ago
No child should ever have to endure what this man did to his child. It appears this man has no ability to control his rage, parents have the right to discipline their children but cannot go overboard, which happened in this case. – Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I want to help restore faith in medicine to the American public, i also want real answers. … Did we go overboard because we kept only focusing on one thing during this entire time period? In my opinion, I think we should have had a much more selective approach of helping those who are at high risk rather than just a shotgun approach to everybody. – Greg Murphy	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
You can already see that the congressional Republicans are laying the foundation to say that the congressional committee has no authority to issue the subpoenas, and then they will argue that it's overboard and that the amount of data that's being collected is unnecessary. – Justin Antonipillai	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The man had reportedly been untangling fishing nets from the vessel's propeller when he fell overboard and was bitten by a shark of an unknown size and species. – Coast Guard	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It was important for us that we didn’t throw everything overboard after the lost game against France, but stuck to our plan, we trust the coach, we trust the system. – Kai Havertz	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think the federal government went overboard in some of the ways they addressed these protests. – Lisa Hay	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
For decades, the leaders of both parties preached the gospel that free trade was a rising tide that would lift all boats, great rhetoric -- except that the trade deals they negotiated mainly lifted the yachts -- and threw millions of working Americans overboard to drown. – Elizabeth Warren	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Did Natalie jump? Did she slip? Was she unconscious before going overboard? Or was she pushed? And if so — by whom? And why? it’s a hell of a story. Forbidden affairs. Twisted lies. And murder. – Dylan Howard	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Should any man who served in the military lose his home, a retirement home, because they want to be patriotic ? Anybody can see that the HOA has gone overboard. – Gust Sarris	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Some people go overboard, i've been asked for autographs. I've been asked to take pictures. I've had people say,' Hey, the opening for the new' Star Wars' is coming out. Can you go with me ?'. – Vader Williamson	Found on CNN 6 years ago
Because everybody is different, it is impossible to know what the 'right' amount of soy is, but people can certainly go overboard, for people wanting to achieve a reasonably healthy protein intake without experiencing possibly negative effects of soy, there is no need to have soy at every meal or to replace all foods [like milk and cheese] with soy-based ones. – Heather Patisaul	Found on CNN 8 years ago
This is how you stay in the game because you’re both responsible for this boat that you’re on and if one of you go overboard, you both go overboard. – Stan Tatkin	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Most people don't understand what has spooked markets. It's up to economic data now to demonstrate that markets have gone overboard in projecting very low inflation, one reason is probably that markets don't believe the response from policymakers is adequate. – Jeavon Lolay	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The sea is not like land. You're dealing with a boat with 60 people in constant danger. It could sink, they could go overboard. – Antonis Sofiadelis	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
People like Trump because he just shoots straight from the hip. Sometimes he goes a little overboard, but I think it's refreshing, i think people are sick to death of the same old, same old. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 8 years ago
When I used the term 'much ado about nothing,' my point was that the media tried to create the impression that the pro-life community was nutty and going way overboard with the support of the patient. – Ben Carson	Found on CNN 8 years ago
He went overboard, exactly what he did to me he did to the superstar tennis player. – Leroy Cline	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It’s common to find the narcotics bales have been weighted so they sink when they’re thrown overboard, it’s part of the cat-and-mouse game. – Captain Daniel Pickles	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Yes, I know it makes great TV. I think the guy went way overboard -- offensive, outrageous, pick your adjective, but what Marco Rubio said has as much of an impact in terms of where the Republican Party is today as anybody on that stage, and it is deeply troubling. And it should be to the press, not just to those of us who have been doing this work for so long. – Hillary Clinton	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Our immediate concern is whether the AQR and the stress test are sensible and do not go overboard with negativity because of the recent tumult, as long as the treatment of the institutions is fair and not based on wild assumptions, then in principle many of us would be prepared to participate in a rights offering. – Wilbur Ross	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
But the suspicion has gone a bit overboard. – Jesse Ang	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I do want to speak up in his defense against people who are calling him a child molester or a pedophile or a rapist, some people are saying. I'm like that is so overboard and a lie really, I mean people get mad at me for saying that but I can say this because I was one of the victims. – Jessa Duggar	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We had very little food, and we agreed that we would leave it for the women and children, then they started hitting us. They took the food. They pushed many of us overboard. They beat us and attacked us with knives. I was hit with a wooden plank on the head and on my legs. – Mahmud Rafiq	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

The Chinese tried to to use saber rattling and use the rhetorical war in order to deter Pelosi's trip, and they went overboard with their threats, now Pelosi decided to have the trip and that leaves the Chinese hanging, because they can't really deliver.

– Yun Sun

Found on CNN
1 year ago

No child should ever have to endure what this man did to his child. It appears this man has no ability to control his rage, parents have the right to discipline their children but cannot go overboard, which happened in this case.

– Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I want to help restore faith in medicine to the American public, i also want real answers. … Did we go overboard because we kept only focusing on one thing during this entire time period? In my opinion, I think we should have had a much more selective approach of helping those who are at high risk rather than just a shotgun approach to everybody.

– Greg Murphy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You can already see that the congressional Republicans are laying the foundation to say that the congressional committee has no authority to issue the subpoenas, and then they will argue that it's overboard and that the amount of data that's being collected is unnecessary.

– Justin Antonipillai

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The man had reportedly been untangling fishing nets from the vessel's propeller when he fell overboard and was bitten by a shark of an unknown size and species.

– Coast Guard

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It was important for us that we didn’t throw everything overboard after the lost game against France, but stuck to our plan, we trust the coach, we trust the system.

– Kai Havertz

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think the federal government went overboard in some of the ways they addressed these protests.

– Lisa Hay

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

For decades, the leaders of both parties preached the gospel that free trade was a rising tide that would lift all boats, great rhetoric -- except that the trade deals they negotiated mainly lifted the yachts -- and threw millions of working Americans overboard to drown.

– Elizabeth Warren

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Did Natalie jump? Did she slip? Was she unconscious before going overboard? Or was she pushed? And if so — by whom? And why? it’s a hell of a story. Forbidden affairs. Twisted lies. And murder.

– Dylan Howard

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Should any man who served in the military lose his home, a retirement home, because they want to be patriotic ? Anybody can see that the HOA has gone overboard.

– Gust Sarris

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Some people go overboard, i've been asked for autographs. I've been asked to take pictures. I've had people say,' Hey, the opening for the new' Star Wars' is coming out. Can you go with me ?'.

– Vader Williamson

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Because everybody is different, it is impossible to know what the 'right' amount of soy is, but people can certainly go overboard, for people wanting to achieve a reasonably healthy protein intake without experiencing possibly negative effects of soy, there is no need to have soy at every meal or to replace all foods [like milk and cheese] with soy-based ones.

– Heather Patisaul

Found on CNN
8 years ago

This is how you stay in the game because you’re both responsible for this boat that you’re on and if one of you go overboard, you both go overboard.

– Stan Tatkin

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Most people don't understand what has spooked markets. It's up to economic data now to demonstrate that markets have gone overboard in projecting very low inflation, one reason is probably that markets don't believe the response from policymakers is adequate.

– Jeavon Lolay

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The sea is not like land. You're dealing with a boat with 60 people in constant danger. It could sink, they could go overboard.

– Antonis Sofiadelis

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

People like Trump because he just shoots straight from the hip. Sometimes he goes a little overboard, but I think it's refreshing, i think people are sick to death of the same old, same old.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
8 years ago

When I used the term 'much ado about nothing,' my point was that the media tried to create the impression that the pro-life community was nutty and going way overboard with the support of the patient.

– Ben Carson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

He went overboard, exactly what he did to me he did to the superstar tennis player.

– Leroy Cline

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It’s common to find the narcotics bales have been weighted so they sink when they’re thrown overboard, it’s part of the cat-and-mouse game.

– Captain Daniel Pickles

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Yes, I know it makes great TV. I think the guy went way overboard -- offensive, outrageous, pick your adjective, but what Marco Rubio said has as much of an impact in terms of where the Republican Party is today as anybody on that stage, and it is deeply troubling. And it should be to the press, not just to those of us who have been doing this work for so long.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Our immediate concern is whether the AQR and the stress test are sensible and do not go overboard with negativity because of the recent tumult, as long as the treatment of the institutions is fair and not based on wild assumptions, then in principle many of us would be prepared to participate in a rights offering.

– Wilbur Ross

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

But the suspicion has gone a bit overboard.

– Jesse Ang

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I do want to speak up in his defense against people who are calling him a child molester or a pedophile or a rapist, some people are saying. I'm like that is so overboard and a lie really, I mean people get mad at me for saying that but I can say this because I was one of the victims.

– Jessa Duggar

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We had very little food, and we agreed that we would leave it for the women and children, then they started hitting us. They took the food. They pushed many of us overboard. They beat us and attacked us with knives. I was hit with a wooden plank on the head and on my legs.

– Mahmud Rafiq

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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