overdo
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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
They weren’t to overdo it at their holiday dinner table.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 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
"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
“Thanks, Mrs. Sharpe,” Calder said, realizing he probably didn’t have to overdo it on not looking well.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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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
I must say myself, that she rather overdoes the part of Mrs. Gummidge.
From Boston Neighbours In Town and Out by Poor, Agnes Blake
“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
Like a convert to a new religion, I overdid it at first.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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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
But if the glamour of Ernst’s life is overdone, the novel is so action-packed that you hardly have time to roll your eyes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
While Thill believes the selloff is overdone, he and his team “acknowledge the concerns around RPO to revenue conversion and the slowdown in cloud apps,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
The outlook revived concerns that the eye-watering sums that companies have invested in the AI sector may have been overdone and that valuations are overblown.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
She wanted to look pretty, but not overdone.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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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
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
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
I hope my fake sigh isn’t overdoing it.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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