overworks

present tense third-person singular of overwork

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Verb
  • But Maura never overdoes the feisty granny bit.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Blood pressure is the amount of pressure that your blood exerts on the blood vessels in your body.
    Angela Ryan Lee, Health, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Researchers have also pointed out that friction stir welding exerts tremendous force (up to 5,000 pounds) and something needs to capture that force.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • There’s always that one character—usually wearing glasses and looking worried—who tries to warn everyone about the impending catastrophe.
    Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • When he is imprisoned on the basis of false testimony, with no hope of release, the intrepid Mercédès tries to break him out of jail.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In contrast, prostate cancer tumors will often have an irregular shape with blurred edges as the cancer invades surrounding tissue.
    MD Published, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Israel invades Gaza as UN report alleges genocide.
    Sam Tobin, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Under the terms of their divorce, Bezos still exercises voting authority over her holdings and is required to disclose them annually.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • If OpenAI exercises the full warrant, the company could acquire roughly 10% ownership in AMD.
    Annie Palmer, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Apparently, our west block wall encroaches six feet into our neighbor’s back yard, which includes our swimming pool motor and related equipment.
    Christopher A. Combs, AZCentral.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • While a new generation of young singer-songwriters encroaches on country music’s old guard by the day, the Texas barnstormer has found his footing with a fan base hell-bent on capturing every moment Myers affords them.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The digital dirham likely further entrenches the US dollar’s dominance, because the UAE’s currency is pegged to the greenback, but gives US regulators less oversight over financial flows.
    Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But the reality is that car dependence entrenches debt, ill health, and vulnerability—forms of unfreedom smuggled in under the name of freedom.
    Henrietta Moore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Overworks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overworks. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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