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
“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
Recognizing both science’s limitations and its strengths requires a peculiar mixture of scepticism and confidence; relativists overdo the scepticism and realists overdo the confidence.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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
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
So I can't find much fault with her when she sort of overdoes the fond mother act.
From Torchy and Vee by Sewell Ford
He would get so excited about workouts that he often overdid it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
I covered myself in bits of cardboard, packing tape and foam peanuts and overdid my makeup with several coats of mascara and thick black eyeliner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Here’s what to do if you overdid it.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
"They told me 'Hey, you overdid it regarding the number of military personnel'," he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023
She overdid the you startled me jump and turned around, a pink-handled hammer in hand.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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Markets are pricing in an additional 160 basis points of Fed rate hiking over the next 12 months, but BlackRock sees that move as overdone.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 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
They say that the 5% share-price drop that greeted the lender’s third-quarter update was overdone, and that they see little evidence so far of a marked deterioration in asset quality or losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
She let out an overdone sigh and reached into a drawer.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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It’s hard when you do half of your career not doing that, and then the other half overdoing it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Some also say Americans — as in the case of previous health fads — run the risk of overdoing it.
From MarketWatch ● May 10, 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 introduced myself, overdoing it a bit, and asked him his name.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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