overreact
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When asked about the loss, Mbappe was keen to not overreact.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Did Amanvari overreact to a content creator’s opening week visit to prevent an honest review?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
She makes some insufficiently careful decisions, but those around her tend to overreact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Nutrition experts commenting on the research have also urged people not to overreact.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026
People around here didn’t overreact even when they hadn’t seen you for a year.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
The financial press often overreacts about the bullish or bearish momentum behind popular investment themes.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026
“The market overreacts habitually to anxiety as it relates to our sector,” Nuttall told analysts Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Allergies occur when the immune system overreacts to triggers such as dust and pollution.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to an infection that occurs when the immune system overreacts and starts to damage the body’s tissues and organs.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
However, this balance is upset if the immune system overreacts.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2024
Some analysts say Wall Street overreacted to Bally’s disclosure in August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
He was speaking after an inquest into the shooting of five people in west Belfast in 1972 found that the Army "lost control" in a number of cases and "overreacted to a perceived threat".
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Michael Sansoterra, chief investment officer at Silvant Capital Management, thinks investors have overreacted.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2025
In the food court, two freshmen debated whether the university had overreacted with the new police patrols and K-9 unit.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2025
She always overreacted to every loud cough or gasp of breath, keeping me out of school or forcing me to cancel plans to go to doctor’s appointments or to the hospital for no reason.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
But the market might be overreacting to the implications of an AI slowdown, leading tech stocks to trade at their cheapest levels since the launch of ChatGPT, according to Truist analyst Sam Grelck.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The requests add to pressure on the industry, continuing months of turmoil that executives have tried to calm by arguing investors are overreacting to a few losses and a lot of scary headlines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
The cost of missing a real threat was death, while the cost of overreacting was a few minutes of wasted vigilance.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 16, 2026
"If there's a worse stretch of road in the UK, I'd like to see it, and if anyone thinks I'm overreacting I'd be happy to show them."
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
Was Aru overreacting, or was that a definite look of concern on Hanuman’s face?
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
