overblown
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In a wide-ranging interview with architecture critic Sam Lubell, Peter Zumthor talks about the evolution of LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries, how L.A. changed his practice, and why certain criticisms of the building are overblown.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Ives, who has been reliably bullish on software remaining relevant in the artificial-intelligence age, says investors are waking up to the realization that AI displacement fears are well overblown.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
The concern that losses from the $2 trillion private-credit market will damage banks in the same way as subprime mortgage debt did are overblown, Adrian told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
I’ll admit it: I think our collective weeknight blender hatred is a bit overblown.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
Respectable people do not become painters: only overblown, pretentious, theatrical people.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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