overdo
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Berg’s Guard might overdo it with the vociferousness with which he announces every entrance at the court, but overdoing it is Ionesco’s mode.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
They weren’t to overdo it at their holiday dinner table.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
“One of the best things about music’s potential to decrease dementia risk is that it is fun, can be interactive and you can’t overdo it,” Jaffa said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025
"I mean, I'm not going to overdo it, but I felt sorry for him because he's under pressure. People make mistakes."
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025
I think I’m just too wobbly for her nerves, because even Dr. Rashid admits that walking is good for me as long as I don’t overdo it or get stranded.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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The performances are engaging, though Bates overdoes the overbearing nature of her voluble character: opinionated, judgmental and not hesitant to deliver dig after dig at Chrissie.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
No one overdoes it, even when the action gets baroque, and their restraint is matched by Haigh’s.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
“What we’re doing here is trying to take mechanisms that fight where your body overdoes it.”
From Washington Times ● Mar. 6, 2021
It never overdoes the retro affectations, and the lengthy middle section that slowly builds to the appearance of a choir is particularly fantastic.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2020
With Una he perhaps overdoes the white a little.
From Modern Painters Volume II (of V) by Ruskin, John
The British number one sustained a rib injury in the build-up to Roland Garros after he "overdid it with the preparation".
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
“We underdid it in the great financial crisis, so we overdid it here,” said Patrick Harker, who was president of the Philadelphia Fed for a decade before stepping down last June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Here’s what to do if you overdid it.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
“But I overdid it … seven minutes, don’t do it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025
By bedtime I realize that I way overdid it.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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It followed a busy festive period with her husband Ross and four-year-old twins Max and Freddie, and when she developed a headache she initially thought she had just "overdone it".
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The euro was lower against the dollar, but could turn higher as U.S. interest-rate rise expectations looked overdone, ING said, adding that it expects it to reach $1.18 by year-end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Some argue this latest rally might be overdone.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026
After leading several markets to record highs this year, technology firms are facing selling pressure on concerns that the eye-watering sums pumped into artificial intelligence may have been overdone and stock valuations are too high.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
“I loved the arguing, but I might have overdone it,” he confessed later.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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Berg’s Guard might overdo it with the vociferousness with which he announces every entrance at the court, but overdoing it is Ionesco’s mode.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Some also say Americans — as in the case of previous health fads — run the risk of overdoing it.
From MarketWatch ● May 10, 2026
Soni said the key isn’t overdoing it on pilots, and instead thinking critically about which ones to pursue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
But, after they narrowly avoided an embarrassing defeat at Champions League minnows Qarabag, there were those questioning whether they might be overdoing the changes.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
I hope my fake sigh isn’t overdoing it.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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