do over
Example Sentences
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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
“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
I don’t pretend to know what the market is going to do over the next 10 years, beyond the great, unbeatable prediction usually credited to the great J.P.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 3, 2025
Trump added: "Let's see what they do over the next 48 hours. I am watching this very closely."
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025
“I’m worried it’s the typical thing for an American to do over here.”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
