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as in to exert
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Recent Examples of overwork
Dirty filters cost more to use and overwork the equipment.
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Cheyenne Derksen,
Oklahoman,
23 Jan. 2026
Jeremy Swayman played the previous two games but there is no need to overwork him at the moment.
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Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
17 Jan. 2026
Do not overwork or the dough will become tough.
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Kathryn Gregory,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Nov. 2025
Be careful not to overwork the dough or the gnocchi will become tough.
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Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
14 Oct. 2025
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Cheyenne Derksen,
Oklahoman,
23 Jan. 2026
Jeremy Swayman played the previous two games but there is no need to overwork him at the moment.
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Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
17 Jan. 2026
Do not overwork or the dough will become tough.
—
Kathryn Gregory,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Nov. 2025
Be careful not to overwork the dough or the gnocchi will become tough.
—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
14 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overwork
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overwork
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Taylor and Travis both love to put on a show, both love to overdo it.
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Have fun walking up and running down the dunes with your pup, but be mindful of the heat and elevation to avoid overdoing it.
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That pushed back on foreign assertions that China lacks the ability to exert its authority over the waters, the account said in a post.
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El Niño shifts global weather patterns A naturally occurring climate cycle, El Niño is already exerting effects along the equator, said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, during his June 17 WeatherWest podcast.
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Although the word ‘hero’ is greatly overused in today’s society, in my mind, Calvin Duncan is a hero in the truest sense of that word.
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Meanwhile, existing antibiotics have been overused, and resistance has mounted to critical levels.
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Conservative critics seized upon those allegations, accusing Hosseini of exerting outsized influence over UF’s presidential search process and questioning whether trustees had exercised independent judgment in selecting Bell.
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The new site offers new space for training, processing suspects, storing evidence, and even exercising.
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Additionally, people who overexert during work or exercise may become dehydrated and susceptible to heat sickness.
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Gagnon says that includes teenagers, who can overexert themselves, especially playing sports.
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In another moment of the exchange, which was released by authorities and did not include timestamps, Robinson writes about potentially trying to retrieve his rifle but says a law enforcement car is nearby.
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Some Palestinians even try to hang food containers on the ceiling of their tents to keep them out of reach.
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There is a secondary love affair being essayed here beyond the one with Robert Smith, and Rodrigo did a fairly effective job in pre-release commentary of explaining how, thematically, this would be a two-part album.
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After netting a Golden Globe nomination for her film debut in 1978's Corvette Summer, Annie Potts joined the cast of Ghostbusters, played the ultimate Cool Girl record store clerk in Pretty in Pink (1986), and essayed her most iconic role as barbed single-mother Mary Jo Shively on Designing Women.
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“Overwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overwork. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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