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overdo

[oh-ver-doo] / ˌoʊ vərˈdu /


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“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

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

“It is better. Do try to keep your elbows out when you walk the outfit, and don’t overdo it with the fan,” she said to the model.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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

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

She overdoes her offer of a nightcap to an increasingly angry Frankenstein, first proffering brandy, then “varm milk . . . perhaps?” and, finally, the chocolate malted kid’s drink Ovaltine.

From Washington Post Jan. 27, 2021

Another objection is that Freud overdoes the Unconscious; suppressed wishes are usually not so unconscious as he describes them; they are unavowed, unnamed, unanalyzed, but conscious for all that.

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Robert S. Woodworth

“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

The 52-year-old believes she started to became ill in 2018 because she "overdid it and burnt the candle at both ends".

From BBC Dec. 3, 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

Blue Owl, Blackstone and other investment firms have said fears gripping the relatively new market are overdone, and that their loan portfolios are doing well.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 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

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

Some argue this latest rally might be overdone.

From MarketWatch Jun. 19, 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

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

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

Whatever the heck he was taking — and I don't know if he was overdoing it necessarily, but I just think it makes a more complete story.

From Salon Jul. 13, 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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