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overdo

[oh-ver-doo] / ˌoʊ vərˈdu /


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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

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

Whatever he did, Ranofer feared he might overdo it; then the gods alone knew what trouble would descend upon them both.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

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

He beats Shubman’s outside edge with his first offering, but overdoes his second and gets driven down the ground for four.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 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

Here's Mr. Jarvis gets you to help him out in a little society affair, and you overdoes it so bad he can't square himself in a hundred years.

From Shorty McCabe by F. Vaux (Francis Vaux) Wilson

He would get so excited about workouts that he often overdid it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 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

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

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

The strategists also contend investor worries around funding so-called neocloud companies such as CoreWeave are overdone.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

Ifemelu thought most of the decor fussy and overdone, but the post received enthusiastic comments, especially about the decor.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

She worried this new song—a three-minute romp set to a bounding rhythm in the fashion of Michael Jackson’s “The Way You Make Me Feel”—was overdoing it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

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

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

Bod wondered if it would be overdoing it if he began to whistle.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman


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