overdo
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Morgan might overdo Fiona’s fiery streak when she sings “Waitin’ For My Dearie,” but the driving impulse is to bring the musical’s out-of-time female characters into the 21st century.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
“It’s not aggressive, it’s not overly sexual, but it does address the stereotypes of guys in dating and how they overdo it,’” Assalini said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
“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
Whatever he did, Ranofer feared he might overdo it; then the gods alone knew what trouble would descend upon them both.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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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
He beats Shubman’s outside edge with his first offering, but overdoes his second and gets driven down the ground for four.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2021
“What we’re doing here is trying to take mechanisms that fight where your body overdoes it.”
From Washington Times ● Mar. 6, 2021
Daley notes that Plemons’s comfort inhabiting a sinister character like Gary prevented him from becoming the kind of dramatic actor who overdoes comedy to “sweaty and awkward” effect.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2020
She overdoes it, and is so dreadfully effusive that I want to run whenever she comes near me.
From The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation by Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry
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
“Just overdid it a little bit today,” he said in a television interview April 10.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2022
For Christmas that year, she felt she overdid it a bit with the presents.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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Blue Owl, Blackstone and other investment firms have said fears gripping the relatively new market are overdone, and that their loan portfolios are doing well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
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
Some argue this latest rally might be overdone.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 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, of it was formal and trumped-up, overdone.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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Some also say Americans — as in the case of previous health fads — run the risk of overdoing it.
From MarketWatch ● May 10, 2026
True believers have a way of rhetorically overdoing it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
A minor criticism was an overdoing of a bouncer plan to Santner and Henry, still that led to Brook's moment of magic.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024
Maybe you think I’m overdoing it, and maybe I am.
From Salon ● May 30, 2024
I introduced myself, overdoing it a bit, and asked him his name.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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