oversell
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It’s also true that the egg-freezing industry has an incentive to overpromise and oversell.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
At one point, in 2015, as she was crafting her pitch, Epstein urged her: “dont oversell it, it will kill it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
“When we are nervous about getting a job we really want, we try to oversell ourselves,” West said.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 23, 2026
Olsen: But when you see that moment in the script, in particular that very distinctive two-word phrase — your delivery of it is so fantastic because you don’t oversell the line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025
But he’s funny as hell up there—sinking to his knees, grasping his head, moaning—and I don’t want to oversell it or anything, but this just may be the most iconic performance of all time.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
“I believe that is grossly overselling what one should expect from those workouts,” said Cedric X. Bryant, CEO of the American Council on Exercise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
It keeps well, travels well — and I swear I’m not overselling — it really is extraordinary.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2025
During a game between the two teams in June, Carrington appeared to mock Clark for overselling a foul call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2024
Kimmelman worries potential overselling of trial benefits isn’t limited to cancer.
From Science Magazine ● May 22, 2024
Gray had set himself deliberately to the task of selling himself to this gentleman of the press, and, having succeeded, he was enough of a salesman to avoid the fatal error of overselling.
From Flowing Gold by Rex Ellingwood Beach
Heading into last week, a number of technical indicators suggested that bonds were heavily oversold, Colas said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
The Department of Transportation requires airlines to compensate passengers who are bumped due to oversold flights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Disappointing returns on AI are read as evidence that the technology has been oversold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The index went from being oversold and trading below the lower Bollinger Band to being overbought and trading above the upper Bollinger Band.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Unfortunately, we’re oversold on this flight,” she says.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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