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Morgan might overdo Fiona’s fiery streak when she sings “Waitin’ For My Dearie,” but the driving impulse is to bring the musical’s out-of-time female characters into the 21st century.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 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

“You don’t have to overdo it, Mother,” Ignatius said as they pushed through the dispersing crowd and started walking rapidly down Canal Street.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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

From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2023

But that is stoking new fears: If the Fed overdoes it, high rates could cool demand so much that the economy tips into a recession.

From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2022

“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

“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

“But I overdid it … seven minutes, don’t do it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025

"They told me 'Hey, you overdid it regarding the number of military personnel'," he says.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023

That time she overdid it I was almost to the river before the stinging stopped.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

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

But she keeps some of her forehead wrinkles for an “elevated” look that doesn’t feel overdone, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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

He had been uncomfortable, with her overdone fussing, the deference that seeped subtly from her pores.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

There are still plenty of American things Scots wouldn’t be caught dead doing, Johnston said, including overdoing the Cotswolds fashion, calling daytime parties “darties” and celebrating St. Patrick’s Day harder than the Irish do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

A minor criticism was an overdoing of a bouncer plan to Santner and Henry, still that led to Brook's moment of magic.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024

I introduced myself, overdoing it a bit, and asked him his name.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank