do over

Example Sentences

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell seemed to indicate that the he would defer to nominee Fed chair Kevin Warsh—likely to take over before the June meeting—about what to do over the language.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

What we can do—what many of us try to do over the course of our lives—is find our own unique hill on which we occupy the top and take our egoistic satisfaction that way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Out of the 10 diagnosed two will not survive, but of the eight that do, over half will face long-term and life-limiting side effects.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

“Additionally, because concertina coils are rigid and stay under tension, they don’t ‘sag’ or create the loose, invisible snares that single-strand wires often do over time, which helps reduce the risk of accidental wildlife entanglement.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

The idea is to do over Verity’s false carte d’identité to turn Kittyhawk—I mean me—into Käthe, I mean Katharina Habicht.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein