overreact
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Nutrition experts commenting on the research have also urged people not to overreact.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026
"I did overreact, yes, in the way I reacted. It could have been different but I ended up losing my head," added Neymar.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
“I think panic is the wrong word, but I didn’t overreact on Thursday …” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
“I think if you just keep that big picture in mind, try not to overreact to the near term if you have a long-term outlook.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
I tried not to overreact anytime they reported making a new friend, though inwardly I was jubilant.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
The financial press often overreacts about the bullish or bearish momentum behind popular investment themes.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026
“The market overreacts habitually to anxiety as it relates to our sector,” Nuttall told analysts Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
However, this balance is upset if the immune system overreacts.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2024
"He's harmless, but cautious of everything and he sometimes overreacts."
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2023
Their immune system overreacts to peanut-containing foods, triggering an inflammatory cascade that causes hives, wheezing or worse.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023
Krishna suggested the market had overreacted in February.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Michael Sansoterra, chief investment officer at Silvant Capital Management, thinks investors have overreacted.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2025
In the food court, two freshmen debated whether the university had overreacted with the new police patrols and K-9 unit.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2025
An optimist would say the market overreacted and now it’s time to get on with our lives.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
She knew her parents must have thought she’d overreacted to their news.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
The cost of missing a real threat was death, while the cost of overreacting was a few minutes of wasted vigilance.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 16, 2026
We don’t envy new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh as he tries to get inflation down while not overreacting to an oil shock that may be temporary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
"If there's a worse stretch of road in the UK, I'd like to see it, and if anyone thinks I'm overreacting I'd be happy to show them."
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
This time it hit after he booted his own center Steven Jamerson II from a game at Michigan State on Feb. 17, overreacting because he mistook a clean basketball play for something else.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2026
“I didn’t want them overreacting and hurting anyone.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
