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
“They really got bogged down and left themselves open to counterattacks, to ambush and to overextended logistical supply lines,” he said.
From Washington Post
As I.C.U. beds in city hospitals filled up and staff nurses started leaving in droves, another story of a precariously overextended health care system was unfolding in smaller hospitals across the country.
From New York Times
This understanding of what health and safety require deepens the respect for an overextended health-care industry.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
