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overdo

[oh-ver-doo] / ˌoʊ vərˈdu /


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But it is possible for companies to overdo a good thing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 2026

But, Dr Munro cautions that you shouldn't overdo it.

From BBC Nov. 5, 2025

“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

“We have this tendency to overdo it,” Russell said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2025

There was no need to overdo it; all she really wanted were her laptop and books.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

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

It never overdoes the retro affectations, and the lengthy middle section that slowly builds to the appearance of a choir is particularly fantastic.

From The Guardian Oct. 22, 2020

He, however, often overdoes it and the difficulty is not to work but to play.

From How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions by S. S. (Samuel Silas) Curry

“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

Mavididi then rather overdid the celebration, upsetting the locals by sitting on the front wall of the home Tilton Road End, looking smug.

From BBC Dec. 18, 2023

Laufenberg overdid Konstantin’s temper tantrums in Act I, but found a convincingly pained and broken register for the closing scene.

From New York Times Mar. 8, 2023

By bedtime I realize that I way overdid it.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

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

They say that the 5% share-price drop that greeted the lender’s third-quarter update was overdone, and that they see little evidence so far of a marked deterioration in asset quality or losses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

It followed a busy festive period with her husband Ross and four-year-old twins Max and Freddie, and when she developed a headache she initially thought she had just "overdone it".

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

As far back as March, analysts were racing to Accenture’s defense, saying the selloff was overdone.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

“I loved the arguing, but I might have overdone it,” he confessed later.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

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

From MarketWatch May 10, 2026

True believers have a way of rhetorically overdoing it.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 29, 2025

On the other hand, I am not sure if Parker Posey is trying to sound crazy on purpose because her character is heavily medicated, or if she’s just really overdoing that drawl.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 16, 2025

Maybe you think I’m overdoing it, and maybe I am.

From Salon May 30, 2024

It’s almost another hour of adjustments and testing and warnings about not overdoing it, watching for hot spots, and avoiding stump blisters at all cost before I walk out of there.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen




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