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as in overdoes
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as in exerts
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Alexander’s staging occasionally overdoes the comic exuberance.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026 -
But Maura never overdoes the feisty granny bit.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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At least until the physical world exerts itself on her show.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
8 June 2026
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Musk owns around 42% of the total equity, but Musk exerts 85% control courtesy of his overwhelming ownership of the B’s.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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That’s important, since many people make the mistake—both in the gym and daily life—of shrugging their shoulders up to their ears, which overuses the upper traps and elevates the scapula.—
Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
25 Aug. 2025
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Year after year, Hagerty tries new cultivars of his favorite crops—including chiles, peaches, and loads of tomatoes.—
Johanna Silver,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 June 2026
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Unfortunately, the degree of difficulty is about as high as whatever Simone Biles tries in the Olympics.—
Beau Dure,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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The monstrous entity that invades their little circle tests that comforting intimacy.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 June 2026
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As the crew invades his space and a volatile director (Pyper-Ferguson) pushes him to his limits the line between Levi and his character dissolves.—
William Earl,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Zellweger gained nearly 20 pounds to play the character, who drinks often and exercises intermittently.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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But Collins, who's been in the upper chamber since 1997 and exercises significant power as chair of the Appropriations Committee, has fended off a number of challenges from Democrats in previous cycles, including in 2020 when Joe Biden won the state.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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Paglen’s ideas, collected between two covers, carve a clean, linear path through our messy neural era, engaging in the kind of big-picture sense-making that books remain well suited to do, even as AI encroaches on this terrain.—
Louis Bury,
ARTnews.com,
1 May 2026
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Meta, Anthropic and Apple all now use TPUs, as Google increasingly encroaches on a market cornered by Nvidia's graphics processing units.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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Unlimited special-interest and private money in elections entrenches commitments to existing tax breaks and spending programs.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
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The 27-year-old’s withdrawal further entrenches Jonas Vingegaard’s status as the overwhelming favourite — bidding to become the only active rider to have won all three Grand Tours — having only taken victory at the Vuelta by one minute and 16 seconds over the Portuguese rider.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Overworks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overworks. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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