overextend
Example Sentences
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Initially, the overextended staff seemed unprepared to take on another case, especially one as large as the Einsatzgruppen matter.
From Washington Post
Cracks started to appear last summer, however, when Amazon announced that it had over hired and overextended its logistics operation during the coronavirus pandemic and would be reducing head count and slowing growth.
From Washington Post
Many Amazon Labor Union organizers and officials had worried that the election, which the union filed for in August, was another case in which Mr. Smalls overextended himself.
From New York Times
But they overextended themselves, took on too much debt and, after falling oil prices shattered the Texas real estate market, filed for bankruptcy in 1987.
From New York Times
He needs bankers to allocate capital in the ways that China wants its money spent and prevent domestic funds from moving overseas, while exercising caution to avoid overextending loans and jeopardizing the financial system.
From New York Times
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