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Recent Examples of overanxious
But Withers, a 24-year-old UNC graduate student who once starred at North Mecklenburg High, got overanxious at just the wrong time.
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Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Mar. 2025
Advertisement Perhaps overanxious at the plate with so much on the table, the Mets left the bases loaded in the first and second and stranded eight runners overall through the first five innings.
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Mike Fitzpatrick,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Oct. 2024
Doncic might sling a pass across the span of an overanxious defense, to an unmarked teammate in the distant corner.
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Robert O'Connell,
WSJ,
22 Dec. 2022
In the wake of humiliation in Afghanistan, would Washington be overanxious to demonstrate America’s continuing strength?
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Washington Post,
29 Oct. 2021
In our overanxious age, worrying is sometimes now associated with the problem of overparenting.
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Perri Klass,
Harper's Magazine,
25 May 2021
But his presence was charming, like an overanxious kid brother who nonetheless puts everyone at ease.
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Bill Pennington,
New York Times,
19 Sep. 2020
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Mar. 2025
Advertisement Perhaps overanxious at the plate with so much on the table, the Mets left the bases loaded in the first and second and stranded eight runners overall through the first five innings.
—
Mike Fitzpatrick,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Oct. 2024
Doncic might sling a pass across the span of an overanxious defense, to an unmarked teammate in the distant corner.
—
Robert O'Connell,
WSJ,
22 Dec. 2022
In the wake of humiliation in Afghanistan, would Washington be overanxious to demonstrate America’s continuing strength?
—
Washington Post,
29 Oct. 2021
In our overanxious age, worrying is sometimes now associated with the problem of overparenting.
—
Perri Klass,
Harper's Magazine,
25 May 2021
But his presence was charming, like an overanxious kid brother who nonetheless puts everyone at ease.
—
Bill Pennington,
New York Times,
19 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overanxious
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Though fans are anxious to see Andrade return to more events, her job in Rio is done.
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Homeless, his body torn, Odysseus needs to get back to her and Telemachus, his anxious son, and to clean up the mess.
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Now, multiple residents are left worried about what's to come next week with extremely hot temperatures in the forecast.
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With voters nationwide worried about inflation and the rising cost of living, some Californians might feel less inclined to provide full healthcare coverage to those lacking legal status.
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Even as Dylan maneuvers weightier situations like romantic rejection, or the uncertainty of a new leadership position, or feeling bothered that a promising student decides to turn her back on poetry, the actress brings a sense of humanity while embracing her character’s flaws.
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Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi star as childhood pals turned hot and bothered frenemies having quite the torrid love affair as adults in a sumptuous and quite haughty bad romance.
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After granting his request to aid his cause, Sharako insists that the uptight Lannister prove his worth by wrestling her in a mud pit.
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Dabbling in this culinary staple is an antidote to uptight, disciplined design.
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The film follows Summer (McGraw), a high-strung teenager whose birthday getaway takes an unexpected turn when her free-spirited mom's new boyfriend joins the trip, who also happens to be her vice principal.
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Carlton Preppy, high-strung, ambitious, sweater vest-wearing, Tom Jones-loving cousin to the Fresh Prince.
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Oprah selected it for her book club; at her compound in Montecito, Whitehead was so nervous that her staff insisted on blow-drying the damp patches of his dress shirt before they were introduced.
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The low unemployment rate had made many economists nervous, including some on the Fed.
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Local legends speak of restless spirits, mysterious voices, and supernatural activity, although many claims are impossible to verify.
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James Boyard, a Haitian police officer and security expert, was abducted Thursday morning in Raimbol in the Bourdon neighborhood as the family traveled through the capital to see a doctor after a restless night caring for their sick daughter.
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Formerly part of legendary collectors Horace and Holly Solomon’s trove (and rarely before seen in the public eye), the piece shows off the artist’s signature Ben-Day dot design, gathered here to render a distressed young blonde.
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María Eugenia Pardo, a resident of Wellington in Palm Beach County, said she is devastated by the tragedy and distressed because her cousin, his wife, their two daughters and his mother-in-law are missing in La Guaira.
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