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overdo

[oh-ver-doo] / ˌoʊ vərˈdu /


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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

But it is possible for companies to overdo a good thing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 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

“We’re supposed to care for the poor. But you overdo it, Kit.”

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

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

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

The results are screamingly funny, even in a production that overdoes its spoofing of the play’s melodrama.

From Washington Post Nov. 11, 2019

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

“But I overdid it … seven minutes, don’t do it.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2025

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

“Though if that were true I think I overdid it.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

Still, some analysts caution that recent price moves may be overdone.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Some argue this latest rally might be overdone.

From MarketWatch Jun. 19, 2026

The American depositary receipts are down 20% this year, which seems a little overdone given the Irish carrier’s fuel dynamics and industry-leading position.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 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

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

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




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