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overdo

[oh-ver-doo] / ˌoʊ vərˈdu /


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It’s a lot of my new journey, but I wanted to make sure I didn’t overdo it.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

“It’s not aggressive, it’s not overly sexual, but it does address the stereotypes of guys in dating and how they overdo it,’” Assalini said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

“One of the best things about music’s potential to decrease dementia risk is that it is fun, can be interactive and you can’t overdo it,” Jaffa said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025

"I mean, I'm not going to overdo it, but I felt sorry for him because he's under pressure. People make mistakes."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025

So go ahead and split, but don’t overdo it.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

The performances are engaging, though Bates overdoes the overbearing nature of her voluble character: opinionated, judgmental and not hesitant to deliver dig after dig at Chrissie.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

Lomakin occasionally overdoes Lieutenant Kelly’s wide-eyed bungling, but Carpenter preens suitably in Confederate uniform.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2023

“What we’re doing here is trying to take mechanisms that fight where your body overdoes it.”

From Washington Times ● Mar. 6, 2021

Arbery overdoes the symbolism – as with a noisily explosive generator that echoes the breaking string in Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 29, 2019

His effects are poor, and he overdoes them.

From The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama by Augustin Filon

I covered myself in bits of cardboard, packing tape and foam peanuts and overdid my makeup with several coats of mascara and thick black eyeliner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

“We underdid it in the great financial crisis, so we overdid it here,” said Patrick Harker, who was president of the Philadelphia Fed for a decade before stepping down last June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Here’s what to do if you overdid it.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026

Carse was lively, asked to bowl bouncers as early as the 15th over of the day, a plan that England overdid.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2024

If anything, I generally overdid things, especially when it came to preparing for a big moment or test, but this one I’d let slip by.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Markets are pricing in an additional 160 basis points of Fed rate hiking over the next 12 months, but BlackRock sees that move as overdone.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

But many sell-side analysts, or those working for brokerage firms, believe that weakness is overdone, as they see tremendous upside potential for many stocks in the industry.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

De Los editors Fidel Martinez and Suzy Exposito call out overdone Latin music trends and the best albums of 2026 on ‘The De Los Podcast.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Even the serious moments had hints of comedy, yet the bits were never overdone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

He did this, he knew; he dispensed with things, trying to be like other people — decisive, practical — only to discover he’d overdone it.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

Berg’s Guard might overdo it with the vociferousness with which he announces every entrance at the court, but overdoing it is Ionesco’s mode.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

Some also say Americans — as in the case of previous health fads — run the risk of overdoing it.

From MarketWatch ● May 10, 2026

Soni said the key isn’t overdoing it on pilots, and instead thinking critically about which ones to pursue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

But, after they narrowly avoided an embarrassing defeat at Champions League minnows Qarabag, there were those questioning whether they might be overdoing the changes.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025

I hope my fake sigh isn’t overdoing it.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera


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