overplay

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Wuttke expects Beijing to be a "subtle negotiator" and "cautious not to overplay their cards."

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

We shouldn't overplay the significance of one council by-election.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

But it’s easy to overestimate and overstate the extent of their leverage, and it’s a hand they can overplay.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2025

“That’s the thing that’s so great about Guy is he doesn’t overplay those beats,” says Corbet.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

But Jefferson's animosity kept tempting him to overplay his hand in a way that was fatal in the face of an antagonist so keen and so dexterous as Hamilton.

From Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall of federalism by Ford, Henry Jones