overkill
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To see this served up over and over again in a genre that an expanse of queer women enjoy, and spend money on to support, is just overkill.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
The overkill hits its nadir when the Bride repeatedly wails the survivors’ hashtag, “Me too!”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
But I would agree with Williams that it was probably overkill.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026
It feels a bit like overkill if you’re just a little sleepy.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2025
The causes were many, in his telling, but two of them seemed especially pertinent: Ales Hrdlicka and the overkill hypothesis.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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