overreact
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The complication behind the Novartis deaths happens when the immune cells, once reinfused, overreact and set off a wave of inflammation that can damage organs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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
I tried not to overreact anytime they reported making a new friend, though inwardly I was jubilant.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
The financial press often overreacts about the bullish or bearish momentum behind popular investment themes.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026
“The market overreacts habitually to anxiety as it relates to our sector,” Nuttall told analysts Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Sepsis develops when the body's immune system overreacts to an infection and begins damaging its own tissues and organs.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2026
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
Sepsis is a rare but serious condition that develops when the body's immune system overreacts to an infection and starts attacking its own tissues and organs.
From BBC ● May 21, 2024
Krishna suggested the market had overreacted in February.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 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
I must have overreacted to Rachael Rosen’s warning; I went the other way and it almost finished me.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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
"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
This time it hit after he booted his own center Steven Jamerson II from a game at Michigan State on Feb. 17, overreacting because he mistook a clean basketball play for something else.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2026
The January jobs report always comes with big caveats, and economists caution against overreacting to it.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 8, 2026
“I didn’t want them overreacting and hurting anyone.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
