overworking

present participle of overwork

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overworking
Verb
  • After Mauricio missed all of 2024 and had a slow return-to-play schedule this year, there is a balance between getting enough action versus overdoing it.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Its two pressure settings are powerful enough to clear away plaque without overdoing it, all in a compact design that tucks neatly under the sink or into your carry-on.
    Lily Wohlner, Allure, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Beijing has long criticized Washington for exerting control beyond its borders through export rules that bar third-country companies from supplying China with chips made using American technology.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • But something will have to give if lawmakers hope to reopen the government in any timely fashion, and that movement will likely be the result of external forces exerting pressure on one party — or both of them — to break the deadlock.
    Mike Lillis, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Prominent figures including Green Bay Packers star linebacker Micah Parsons and Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy criticized the Eagles for overusing the play on social media.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, resharing others’ posts or overusing carousels significantly underperforms.
    Justin Nassiri, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even setting aside its usual criticisms (antisocial, privacy-invading, a bad omen for human connection), the necklace simply didn’t work as advertised.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The invading parasite is a culture of hate and paranoia and sadism — mass hysteria as sanctioned by the government that is supposed to protect you.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The court noted that about half of states have laws shielding a person exercising lawful self-defense from criminal liability for the death of an innocent bystander.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Lifestyle changes like exercising, taking calcium and vitamin D supplements, stopping smoking and drinking only moderately will help, but aren’t sufficient to stop or reverse bone loss, Colon-Emeric said.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Still, Kalshi has been encroaching on the sports betting operators in a broader sense.
    Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Obama tried to assuage Maron’s/our fears about encroaching fascism.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Israel’s foreign minister has accused Hamas of trying to use the hostages’ bodies as leverage.
    Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • On the yacht, and in the camera’s gaze, all are equal, and all are having their moment, just trying to get through another day.
    Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Overworking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overworking. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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