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Because EMS lacks familiar markers for exhaustion—it’s hard to gauge effort with involuntary muscle contractions—people can unwittingly overdo it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

We tried very hard to find sound bites that demonstrated our points clearly, using enough examples to support it, but to not overdo it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 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

“Which do not overdo it, Pip,” said Joe; “but I shall be happy fur to see you able, sir.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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

No one overdoes it, even when the action gets baroque, and their restraint is matched by Haigh’s.

From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2021

“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 Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)

“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

“Just overdid it a little bit today,” he said in a television interview April 10.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2022

Like a convert to a new religion, I overdid it at first.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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

The euro was lower against the dollar, but could turn higher as U.S. interest-rate rise expectations looked overdone, ING said, adding that it expects it to reach $1.18 by year-end.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Some argue this latest rally might be overdone.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026

Semiconductor stocks shed $1.3 trillion in market value, amplified by Broadcom’s forecast, but the selloff may be overdone given prior gains.

From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026

She wanted to look pretty, but not overdone.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

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

"It was clear he was overdoing it," our eyewitness said.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

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

From Salon ● May 30, 2024

My mother made the decision to intervene— and decided that overdoing it was better than doing nothing at all.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore