Example Sentences

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The policies that result overpolice the people they seek to help, because they treat the victims of hardship as perpetually in need of protection, from others but also from themselves.

From Slate • May 2, 2018

In a well-intentioned effort to help kids treat one another better, we do have to be careful not to overpolice or overprotect them.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2013