overreact
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In the big picture, no need to overreact to the Dodgers’ 2-1 loss in the National League Championship Series opener.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
The complication behind the Novartis deaths happens when the immune cells, once reinfused, overreact and set off a wave of inflammation that can damage organs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Wall Street analysts told investors not to overreact to Amazon’s supply chain ambitions, noting that the company has been expanding its logistics operations for years.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Nutrition experts commenting on the research have also urged people not to overreact.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026
In England, foreign secretary Anthony Eden said he “deeply regretted” the news, and then set about pressuring the French not to overreact.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
In Novartis’s trial, three people died of a rare complication in which the immune system overreacts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The financial press often overreacts about the bullish or bearish momentum behind popular investment themes.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026
Sepsis develops when the body's immune system overreacts to an infection and begins damaging its own tissues and organs.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2026
Allergies occur when the immune system overreacts to triggers such as dust and pollution.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to an infection that occurs when the immune system overreacts and starts to damage the body’s tissues and organs.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
The treasury secretary also highlighted reasons why any restructuring of the mortgage giants isn’t imminent, and the market may have overreacted to his comments.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Some analysts say Wall Street overreacted to Bally’s disclosure in August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
He was speaking after an inquest into the shooting of five people in west Belfast in 1972 found that the Army "lost control" in a number of cases and "overreacted to a perceived threat".
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Michael Sansoterra, chief investment officer at Silvant Capital Management, thinks investors have overreacted.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2025
We walked back to the barn, a bit sheepish from having overreacted.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
Ritholtz does exactly that, running through such surefire ways to wreck your wealth as ignoring taxes, paying excessive fees, misinterpreting data, overreacting to short-term trends, and trading too much.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
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
Castellanos and others have accused the department of overreacting to the situation, which they maintain was largely peaceful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 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
I felt she might be overreacting, so I mentally dismissed her comments.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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