overreact
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When asked about the loss, Mbappe was keen to not overreact.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Its stock is down, but investors shouldn’t overreact to worries about the autonomous-vehicle business.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
She makes some insufficiently careful decisions, but those around her tend to overreact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Nutrition experts commenting on the research have also urged people not to overreact.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026
“It’s just a meeting, y’all, I promise. It’s not even the actual protest. Even then...we should probably wait to overreact until we know what it is this protest will even be.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
In Novartis’s trial, three people died of a rare complication in which the immune system overreacts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The financial press often overreacts about the bullish or bearish momentum behind popular investment themes.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition which occurs when a body’s immune system overreacts to an infection.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2024
Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to an infection that occurs when the immune system overreacts and starts to damage the body’s tissues and organs.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
However, this balance is upset if the immune system overreacts.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2024
It is conceivable that the equity markets overreacted to the warrant distributions on Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
He was speaking after an inquest into the shooting of five people in west Belfast in 1972 found that the Army "lost control" in a number of cases and "overreacted to a perceived threat".
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Michael Sansoterra, chief investment officer at Silvant Capital Management, thinks investors have overreacted.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2025
In the food court, two freshmen debated whether the university had overreacted with the new police patrols and K-9 unit.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2025
We walked back to the barn, a bit sheepish from having overreacted.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
“In our view, equity markets are overreacting to both developments,” Lee said, adding that stocks tend to respond quickly to developments in conflicts because of uncertainty.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The cost of missing a real threat was death, while the cost of overreacting was a few minutes of wasted vigilance.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 16, 2026
Castellanos and others have accused the department of overreacting to the situation, which they maintain was largely peaceful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
"If there's a worse stretch of road in the UK, I'd like to see it, and if anyone thinks I'm overreacting I'd be happy to show them."
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
I mean, Lee Lee’s aunt is always overreacting and fussing and putting Lee Lee on punishment for something.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
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