overstate
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Committee chairman Alistair Carmichael said: "One cannot overstate the dangers of so many communities losing water supply for extended periods, including schools, GP surgeries and care homes."
From BBC • May 1, 2026
It’s hard to overstate how carefully the lower court considered this question of whether Texas in fact unconstitutionally used race in its mapmaking.
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026
Barabak: Not to be the pooper at the party but I think we shouldn’t overstate the import of tonight’s debate.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
“I think the ideological divide that’s happening right now—it’s important to address, but we shouldn’t overstate it,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
They refused, as good scientists should, to overstate what they knew.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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