overtime

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Things happen and hopefully the overtime is a speed bump, contained to the work week and does not spill over to weekend time.

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  1. noun Time beyond an established limit, as:
  2. noun Working hours in addition to those of a regular schedule.
  3. noun Sports A period of playing time added after the expiration of the set time limit.

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  • After a back-and-forth second overtime, the Hawkeyes dominated the third extra period, scoring the first eight points and 10 of the 12 tallies that period. —  Penn State News -- www.gopsusports.com
  • They also took the Giants to overtime, and played the Steelers pretty close. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • Graves had had his chances to score during the finals -- in fact he had three separate glorious opportunities to win Game 1 in overtime, a match that eventually went in Vancouver's favor on a Greg Adams OT tally -- but time and again Canucks goalie Kirk McLean found a way to stone him. —  Rangers Top Stories
  • Connecticut scored the first six points of the third overtime, and the Huskies were still ahead by six on Jeff Adrien's follow dunk with 2: 08 left.
  • "I'm almost at the point where I think we should put enough firefighters in the budget to eliminate overtime -- period," Penksa said. —  Firehouse.com: In The Line Of Duty
 

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/oʊvərˈtaɪm/
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