overzealous
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Overzealous security guards, higher prices and overcrowding at parties also alienated longtime fans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Overzealous measuring, Vincent writes, can result in tools “by which control is exercised not just in the workplace, but in institutions like prisons, armies, and schools.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2022
Overzealous regional officials — eager to impress their national superiors, or afraid of disappointing them — had teamed up with private energy companies to convert more homes than supply could meet.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2018
Overzealous corporate flacks misled reporters about what was happening and allowed the Internet wildfire to spread.
From Slate • May 12, 2011
Overzealous culturists usually like to turn things around, but revolving cliffs are not in the natural order of things.
From The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada by Tilton, George Henry
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