Word: overshot
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...bond sale has overshot its goal by saving four percent on the costs of previous bond offerings. In certain maturities, bonds were oversubscribed--there were more orders for the bond than was offered, allowing for lower interest rates...
...might if his proposals had not already way, way overshot even the most expansive surplus estimates. By his own numbers, and within the largest estimated surplus, it's way over, and would put the budget right back into deficit, the first year...
...successful computer game. Until now. Shogun: Total War, available later this month from Electronic Arts, is about to do for your PC what the mini-series did for television. Shogun is a grand strategic epic that has been crafted with so much loving attention to detail that it overshot its release date by about 12 months. It was worth the wait...
...next play, Georgia overshot his intended receiver, and senior safety Ben Green raced under the ball to intercept it at the 18. Wilford took a knee to end the game--finally...
China nearly scotched the mission when it ordered them to land at an airfield in Lhasa, Tibet, Tuesday, but the balloon overshot the target and couldn't come down anywhere else in the mountainous region. An appeal by British prime minister Tony Blair finally secured them the right to overfly northern China, the last geopolitical hurdle on their round-the-world flight. But the threat of ice buildup forced ICO Global to use more fuel than anticipated to stay above the Himalayan clouds, and with sluggish winds pushing them along at 50 mph -- less than half the speed needed...