overachiever
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Chicken, however, is omnipresent — the quiet overachiever of the protein world, endlessly adaptable and perennially in demand.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
If the bare minimum is enough for you to be seen and recognized for solid work, there might be no need to become an office overachiever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
Flack considered herself an overachiever, a stubborn perfectionist and was given to self-reflection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2025
If you’re going to be an overachiever, be one like Schuyler Peters.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2024
I’m something of an overachiever in that class.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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The Rays and Brewers, the plucky overachievers both still seeking their first championships, settled for more modest improvements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
So let's have look at the continent's biggest overachievers - have your say, tell us who we've missed and rank the top 10 below.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
Like any friend group, “Next Gen NYC” is filled with overachievers and underachievers; people who have family money and people who work long hours, scraping by to make their way in the big city.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2025
Let’s bury the narrative that these Dawgs were a group of overachievers who didn’t belong in the same class as the country’s elite.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
They were a classic bunch of overachievers who had become living proof of all the perceived values of white working-class and middle-class America—desire, self-sacrifice, pushing oneself beyond the expected limit.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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