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overdo

[oh-ver-doo] / ˌoʊ vərˈdu /


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“Toy Story 5” doesn’t overdo its lachrymose side; it’s at least half a breezy comedy, albeit one tinged with worry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 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

“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

So go ahead and split, but don’t overdo it.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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

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

Here one feels that he overdoes the matter.

From The Last Harvest by John Burroughs

“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

"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

One clue that the precipitous drop might be getting overdone: The company has continued to report double-digit year-over-year revenue growth.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

A pullback in the U.K. drugmaker’s stock after recent failures of late-stage studies and merger speculation seems overdone, according to UBS.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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

Trotter might get suspicious if goodness was overdone.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson

“So I have no reserve when it comes to speaking up about physically overdoing it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

Tina says there's also a fine line between refreshing and overdoing it as "very aggressive ice exposure can irritate sensitive skin or trigger rosacea, so keep it gentle".

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

She knew she was overdoing it a bit but something made her keep on.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder




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