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overkill

[oh-ver-kil] / ˈoʊ vərˌkɪl /






















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Bill Plaschke’s and many Angel fans’ desire for Arte Moreno to sell his ownership of the Angels is an overkill.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Expensive GPU-filled servers were overkill, and data-center customers mostly bought CPU servers to run websites, databases, applications, and other traditional workloads.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Calling it a “surgical procedure” is almost overkill.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

But I would agree with Williams that it was probably overkill.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

But he was not into overkill, and there was nothing bloodthirsty about his hunting habits.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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