overexerted

past tense of overexert

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overexerted
Verb
  • Still, all this comes at a time when Trump has rolled over his political opposition and has exerted his muscle against the media, private law firms and individual enemies.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The sheer cultural density of science fiction has undoubtedly exerted a gravitational pull on our imagination, shaping what the general population believes could be possible, what our priorities should be, and how the future will ultimately arrive.
    Nick Foster August 26, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But between June and July, sales have bounced back—possibly because home-buying has become more affordable in the state thanks to the pressure exercised by dwindling demand and growing supply.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Over the ensuing decades—and fully informed of the substantial executive power exercised by the Commission—the Supreme Court has repeatedly and expressly left Humphrey's Executor in place, and so precluded Presidents from removing Commissioners at will.
    Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When the shot rang out, Nathalie tried to reach her daughter, but the melee of panicked runners forced her out a side gate.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The next day, Encarnacion hit a 442-foot homer in his second at-bat of the game, then injured his hamstring in his third at-bat as Encarnacion tried running out an infield single.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Overexerted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overexerted. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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