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overstress

[oh-ver-stres] / ˌoʊ vərˈstrɛs /




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Sit in the building that originated “The Sopranos” and “The Wire” and you feel a certain pressure to intellectualize your ideas, to overstress your originality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025

“I cannot overstress the severity of the situation in Haiti, where multiple protracted crises have reached a critical point,” envoy Maria Isabel Salvador told the U.N.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

“Now that we’re here, we’re not going to overstress about anything. We trust each other that we’ll be focused in the moment.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2018

At least Mr. Gitai doesn’t overstress the parallels between Israel in 1995 and the current American moment.

From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2017

Of course, rest must be taken, and the overstress which caused the trouble avoided in future.

From Papers on Health by Edward Bruce Kirk


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