Romesh Ranganathan

I know you're supposed to love yourself, but I really hate the way I look. When I look in the mirror I'm so disgusted by the chocolate blancmange abomination staring back at me, I actually apologise to my wife for my physical appearance. I've got no backside, an overhanging belly and I'm so disproportionate.

British Comedian

Sabine Baring-Gould

We are accustomed in England to chalk in rolling downs, except where bitten into by the sea, but elsewhere it is riven and presents cliffs, and these cliffs are not at all like that of Shakespeare at Dover but overhang, where hard beds alternate with others that are friable.

English Clergyman

Euvin Naidoo

Global capital is agnostic - it has no loyalties. There's an overhang of capital in the U.S., and the key is yield pickup. What Africa is providing is a diversification play and also opportunities for yield pickup for the investor that's aware of what he or she is doing.

South African Businessman

Jay Griffiths

The woods are a place where children can go to think. Children gravitate towards these spaces. When I was a child it was nothing more than a scrubby little overhang under a rhododendron bush, but it was incredibly important to me.

British Author

John Updike

A seventeenth-century house can be recognized by its steep roof, massive central chimney and utter porchlessness. Some of those houses have a second-story overhang, emphasizing their medieval look.

American Novelist

James Wolfensohn

The interesting thing about debt in most cases is that you have to pay it back. So if you build an overhang of debt, it becomes more and more limiting in terms of the prospect that you have.

Australian Businessman

Dean Potter

For two summers, I lived up on the Eiger for close to 40 days. It was in a tent under this overhang near the start of Deep Blue Sea. I would drink the water that dripped from the ceiling.

American Athlete

Howard Carter

As the work proceeded we found that the western end of the cutting receded under the slope of the rock, and thus was partly roofed over by the overhanging rock.

English Scientist

Bayard Taylor

In the glory which overhangs Palestine afar off, we imagine emotions which never come, when we tread the soil and walk over the hallowed sites.

American Journalist

Overhang often implies protection from elements like sun or rain by sticking out above.

Sheltering Effect

When used as a noun, overhang refers to a part of a structure that physically extends beyond its base.

Physical Space

Overhangs can create a dramatic visual effect, sometimes making structures appear more imposing.

Visual Impact

This definition emphasizes the length by which something extends over an edge, not just the fact that it does.

Measurement Focus

Architectural overhang is often deliberate for style, function, or both, indicating planning.

Design Aspect

As a verb, overhang describes the action or condition of being suspended overhead.

Action or State

Overhanging can also suggest danger, as in tree limbs overhanging a path may fall.

Potential Hazard

In finance, overhang suggests a burden or downward pressure on a stock's price due to potential selling.

Market Pressure

Financial overhang can indicate investors' anticipation of a negative event affecting stock value.

Investor Sentiment

 There's an overhang of capital in the U.S., and the key is yield pickup. What Africa is providing is a diversification play, and also opportunities for yield pickup for the investor that's aware of what he or she is doing. Now, when looking at Africa vis-a-vis other things, and countries in Africa vis-a-vis other things, comparisons become important.

Euvin Naidoo: Africa as...

 his eyes will be watching all the time they're very very alert yeah right well i think he's getting a bit frustrated so i'll put him back in the water with his thousands of friends and hope his memory's not so good ripening fig trees overhanging the water's edge provide welcome food for shoals of hungry fish

Vicious Piranha Moments...

 He hadn't gone yet. He tried again and again to toss him a rope, right, to get him anything to help him get out of that spot, and he just couldn't because the cliff was so overhung. And so, after a few minutes, Matt was fa-- was floating face down, totally out of air,

Risk Takers: Extreme...

 the picture trap consists of several specialized structures each with its own part to play in securing a meal the brightly colored pitcher rim stands out amid the green foliage of the jungle and overhangs a steep drop down into the

This Plant Traps its...

 these birds mate for life and the male reaffirms the bond by displaying to the female they're building a mud nest on the underside of the boulders overhang where it'll be protected from the rain

BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...

 These birds mate for life and the male reaffirms the bond by displaying to the female. They're building a mud nest on the underside of the boulder's overhang,

These Ancient Birds Have...

 any signs of life suddenly he spots something on the side of the mountain he can't believe his eyes an overhanging ledge has protected

Inches from an Avalanche...

 the absence of his bigger more powerful mate is a good sign incubating eggs deep behind this overhang in the cliff

The Largest Falcon in...

 Let's go,. FEDERICO We've come here to Angel Falls to climb this huge overhang.

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