overcoming

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"But simply saying 'we won't reclaim any overpayments' is too difficult. You can't readily draw a line in law between the inadvertent and deliberate overclaiming of payments," he told the BBC.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2024

When an incentive to lie or cheat is presented without monitoring or penalty, “the likelihood of ethically questionable behaviors such as overclaiming performance increases,” according to the Academy of Management Annals research.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022

“I’ve always been worried about overclaiming what social media is doing to us now based on the way that people actually consume media.”

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2017

He said there was an "overclaiming of the chilling" effect and that he had not noticed officials holding back on their advice.

From The Guardian • May 16, 2012