overextend

Example Sentences

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Cracks started to appear last summer, however, when Amazon announced that it had over hired and overextended its logistics operation during the coronavirus pandemic and would be reducing head count and slowing growth.

From Washington Post

But they overextended themselves, took on too much debt and, after falling oil prices shattered the Texas real estate market, filed for bankruptcy in 1987.

From New York Times

How Zambia’s debt is renegotiated with the Chinese will provide a test case for how lenient China will be with other overextended nations that face debt distress.

From Seattle Times

Google joins a list of other technology companies that have laid off workers after concluding they had overextended under the belief that the pandemic-fueled boom for digital services and online tools represented a new normal.

From New York Times

Special and independent counsels have a spotty record, as past prosecutors determined to avoid ending their probes with little to show have overspent government resources, overextended their timelines or over-interpreted their missions.

From Washington Post