overextend
Example Sentences
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“When you have overconfidence and low knowledge, that’s the worst situation. You’re more likely to get into high-risk behaviors such as overextending credit and overly risky investing,” says Delgadillo, who researches financial confidence.
From Seattle Times
Over the years there have been flops and budget deficits, as well as successes, and some critics have suggested that Roundabout was overextended.
From New York Times
Initially, the overextended staff seemed unprepared to take on another case, especially one as large as the Einsatzgruppen matter.
From Washington Post
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
Many Amazon Labor Union organizers and officials had worried that the election, which the union filed for in August, was another case in which Mr. Smalls overextended himself.
From New York Times
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