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Recent Examples of overactThe college student performers from the Hartt School aren’t encouraged to overact during the party scene anymore — no more drunk jokes or pratfalls.—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2024 One could easily be accused of overacting, of doing too much.—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025 There are few instances of someone overacting more in a movie, unnecessarily adding an undercurrent of murderous, jokey psychotic to an already bizarre creation.—Mark Kennedy, Boston Herald, 13 Dec. 2024 The college student performers from the Hartt School aren’t encouraged to overact during the party scene anymore — no more drunk jokes or pratfalls.—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2024 In regard to overacting, Pacino addresses it on a case-by-case basis: Some movies call for it, like Scarface.—Chris Stanton, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2024 The performances seems inspired by the over-the-top techniques of actors who tried to do too much when sound finally came to films, but were used to overacting.—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2024 Their turns are driven to cartoonish overacting in great part by the words they’ve been asked to say in English and in angry tones.—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024 Meanwhile, Greenblatt’s playfully mischievous demeanor as Tina often reads as overacting.—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
But overplaying concerns about pesticides or additives does little more than discredit the food system writ large and suggest women find other solutions that may not be as feasible, affordable, or even safe.
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Erica Sloan,
SELF,
10 June 2025
An optimistic view of the confrontation would be that both sides responded with appropriate and measured retaliation without overplaying their hands.
Who won Power of Veto on ‘Big Brother’? Keanu enacted his power, which allowed a former houseguest to come in and play in the Power of Veto competition for him.
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David Wysong,
The Enquirer,
24 July 2025
Strengthening the state’s mental health parity law enacted in 2019, SB 10 enables the state to issue fines up to $625,000 if insurance companies do not comply.
Restless legs syndrome, a condition characterized by an urge to move the legs, is common in Parkinson's disease, as is REM sleep disorder, a condition in which people act out their dreams while sleeping.
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Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
28 July 2025
Emerging research suggests that acting out dreams might also predict Parkinson’s disease.
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Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
22 July 2025
Drawing from the real-life Lisbon Maru incident of October 1942, the film dramatizes events when an American submarine accidentally torpedoed a Japanese vessel transporting approximately 1,800 British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 July 2025
The film dramatizes this downward spiral through the experience of a man consumed by anxiety about how his community is shifting around him.
While many dogs love playing with any ball, as the chase and catch mimics their hunting instincts, the color and texture of a tennis ball specifically capture a canine's attention, according to Rover.
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Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Aug. 2025
To simulate the harshest conditions, Gore’s environmental chamber can mimic nearly any condition on the globe, such as rain rates up to 22 inches per hour, hurricane-level windspeeds and relative humidity.
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