overdo
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It’s a lot of my new journey, but I wanted to make sure I didn’t overdo it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
They weren’t to overdo it at their holiday dinner table.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
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
So go ahead and split, but don’t overdo it.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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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
Daley notes that Plemons’s comfort inhabiting a sinister character like Gary prevented him from becoming the kind of dramatic actor who overdoes comedy to “sweaty and awkward” effect.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2020
Old Guinardon overdoes it with his Christian art and his Primitives!
From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by France, Anatole
“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
I know I’m in the minority here, but they overdid it with Grogu.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
That time she overdid it I was almost to the river before the stinging stopped.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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Some argue this latest rally might be overdone.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 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
As far back as March, analysts were racing to Accenture’s defense, saying the selloff was overdone.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Hardly anything is overdone here and, in one essential way, Enyedi is also making the case for movies themselves as phenomena to protect and treasure: ecosystems of light, texture, wonder and nourishment.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
She can barely hide how proud she is, but I can see that she may have overdone it today.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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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
Soni said the key isn’t overdoing it on pilots, and instead thinking critically about which ones to pursue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 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
Maybe you think I’m overdoing it, and maybe I am.
From Salon ● May 30, 2024
Bod wondered if it would be overdoing it if he began to whistle.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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