overwork

However, extended periods of overwork had the opposite impact, lowering mental sharpness and making it harder to stay productive.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2026

Her family had owned a restaurant in South Carolina, where she’d grown up, and despite its success, her parents had struggled with debt, overwork and divorce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

When leaders insist that AI will double productivity, employees often overwork to fulfill that prophecy.

From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025

Without knowing their opponent, the Hoosiers didn’t want to overwork older players.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025

Because he believed that the quickest way to ruin a horse was to overwork him, Smith resorted to creative solutions to overcome Seabiscuit’s weight problem.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Even when she overworks some crass jokes, Plaza amuses.

From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2023

This creates an imbalance and overworks the holding midfielder Luiz Gustavo, thus impacting on the center halves, who are exposed by their own lack of speed and mobility.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2017

The show, by John Markus and Mark St. Germain, with incidental original music and lyrics by Randy Courts and St. Germain, respectively, seems a cynically conceived crowd-pleaser that overworks its somewhat tired central premise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2015

Ms. Puenzo overworks some of her more blatant visual motifs, most notably the creepy dolls that Enzo designs and repairs.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2014

He takes too little leave and steadily overworks himself, ... that's the truth.

From Captain Desmond, V.C. by Diver, Maud

The social contract tends to look favorably on big institutions like hospitals, which often have overworked staff working under extremely stressful conditions, reaching out for donations to help raise funds.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

Looking back, she remembers not one tragedy but many folded into one: parents searching for children, students healing from injuries, her overworked staff and families awaiting DNA results.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

These unnecessary preventative measures aren’t just a nuisance for the consumer; they’re a hassle for the overworked, underpaid employee who spends their shift telling customers, “No, we don’t have more of that in the back.”

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

“It was so weak. The language was so antiquated,” she remembered thinking, especially when it came to making sure members weren’t being overworked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026

The Cowgills overworked old horse dragging our hayframe didn’t notice.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

That’s a stark contrast with Shein, which has been accused of overworking and underpaying its workers and of being a massive industry polluter.

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

"This suggests cells may be overworking early in the illness, which could lead to longer-term problems," Dr. Varela said.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026

But since then, Thompson says he’s stopped using “work, and overworking, as an excuse not to do the life work.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025

We glamorize overworking and we privilege isolation, as if eating food and meeting up with friends or coworkers are just weekends and nights things.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2023

“I’ve been overworking you, and it’s not fair,” Mami said, stuffing a tip in the young woman’s pocket and practically pushing her out the door.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez