oversell
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The enjoyment is in not needing to explain the reference, or oversell the moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
It’s also true that the egg-freezing industry has an incentive to overpromise and oversell.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
And he would oversell the ability he and I had.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
“When we are nervous about getting a job we really want, we try to oversell ourselves,” West said.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 23, 2026
But he’s funny as hell up there—sinking to his knees, grasping his head, moaning—and I don’t want to oversell it or anything, but this just may be the most iconic performance of all time.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
Ms. Low tacitly admits that the prevailing culture has been overselling the rewards of work—and playing down the importance of relationships, i.e., marriage and children, as a cornerstone of a woman’s happiness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
It keeps well, travels well — and I swear I’m not overselling — it really is extraordinary.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2025
Connecticut Sun guard Dijonai Carrington, who early in the week seemed to mock Clark for overselling a foul call during their teams’ game, appeared to be one of them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2024
Kimmelman worries potential overselling of trial benefits isn’t limited to cancer.
From Science Magazine ● May 22, 2024
Gray had set himself deliberately to the task of selling himself to this gentleman of the press, and, having succeeded, he was enough of a salesman to avoid the fatal error of overselling.
From Flowing Gold by Rex Ellingwood Beach
Disappointing returns on AI are read as evidence that the technology has been oversold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
I went to my first World Cup to price it—to see if the benefits were oversold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Afterward, even Pochettino acknowledged he may have oversold things just a bit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
But “Wedges” oversold the readiness of carbon capture and storage, describing it as “already deployed” industrially.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
“Unfortunately, we’re oversold on this flight,” she says.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
