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Recent Examples of overtime
The Chiefs remain the only undefeated team in the league following their overtime victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday, improving to 8-0.
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Ben Morse, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
The unit gave the Rams a chance to win the game after the Seahawks took the first possession of overtime and, looking a lot like the Lions in the season opener, drove to Rams’ 16-yard line.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Lane won its next two games of the tournament, besting Chicago’s Jones College Prep in a dramatic overtime victory to secure the sectional title and a second plaque.
—Eileen T. Meslar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2024
Copied Share Second meeting for teams Greg Rosenstein The Ravens beat the Bengals 41-38 in overtime in Week 5, the highest scoring game of the season so far.
—NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Ben Morse, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
The unit gave the Rams a chance to win the game after the Seahawks took the first possession of overtime and, looking a lot like the Lions in the season opener, drove to Rams’ 16-yard line.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Lane won its next two games of the tournament, besting Chicago’s Jones College Prep in a dramatic overtime victory to secure the sectional title and a second plaque.
—Eileen T. Meslar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2024
Copied Share Second meeting for teams Greg Rosenstein The Ravens beat the Bengals 41-38 in overtime in Week 5, the highest scoring game of the season so far.
—NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overtime
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During a City Council meeting in October, the Antioch Police Department proposed double time for its officers who work on police details but faced opposition.Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Hosts themselves were often staff announcers or weathermen doing double time.Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2024
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Higher wage bills The government also announced that the national living wage would increase by 6.7% from April 2025 to £12.21 per hour.Marc Shoffman, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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On top of higher wages, the contract would allow workers to use $5,000 initially allocated for a retirement match to boost their ratification bonus, Axios' Nathan Bomey reports.Axios, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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It's expected to bring 6,000 direct jobs with a median salary above $88,000.Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Time and talents are traded for salary and benefits.Chris Westfall, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Cockburn said Saudi Arabia would need a vast number of migrant workers to deliver its World Cup ambitions in a country which has neither established a minimum wage for non-citizens nor introduced measures to prevent worker deaths.Reuters, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Sign up Other tax rises include a rise in capital gains tax from 10% to 18% for basic rate taxpayers and 20% to 24% for higher earners, as well as a national insurance hike for employers and a higher national minimum wage.Marc Shoffman, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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The author got a $10.5 million paycheck for it in 2023.Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
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Payday lenders are another expensive workaround to give folks with bank accounts faster access to their paychecks.Greg McKenna, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
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This year, however, the increase in Marin’s living wage won’t affect wages for IHSS workers because their union negotiated a new contract in June that increased the pay to $19 per hour.Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2024
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Throughout the nation, thousands of construction industry tax cheats fail to pay their workers fair living wages and rarely provide medical coverage, while also failing to pay federal, state, and local taxes, overtime, and workers’ compensation benefits.William C. Sproule, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 2024
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The bonus hit comes after the company altered its compensation plan for fiscal 2023.BYSasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
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Instead, under a new agreement with market traders, the corporation will provide financial compensation and advice.Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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The contract’s annual minimum wage increases are 3 percent in the first year of the contract and two percent in the second and third years, and the agreement provides time and a half pay for work assigned on a holiday.Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
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In addition to reducing the standard workweek by 20%, Sander’s Thirty-Two-Hour Workweek Act, which enjoys strong union support, would require employers to pay time and a half for workdays exceeding eight hours.Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Overtime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overtime. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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