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Recent Examples of overcommitHowever, Venus in Aquarius reminds you to temper the fun with practicality and mindfulness, so don’t overcommit or stress about making the night perfect.—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024 For example, many of us overcommit due to a fear of disappointing others or missing out on opportunities.—Israa Nasir, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024 This should prevent City from having to overcommit their full-backs early, and means that the far-side winger (i.e. City’s right winger when teams are building up down City’s left) can tuck in onto a midfielder and help track runners.—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024 Just try not to overcommit, as Mercury in Sagittarius has a habit of promising the moon, but following through can be a different story.—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024 Be mindful not to overcommit yourself socially after work.—Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 28 May 2024 Too much national ambition, for instance, can lead to overreach, imperiling the country that overcommits itself.—Michael J. Mazarr, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022 Cautious not to overcommit, administration officials were at pains not to deem this a state-building project.—Sarah Harrison, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2023 Okay, probably not, but the legendary actor joins the Only Murders cast this week as a heightened version of himself who overcommits to all of his parts.—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Meanwhile, faith leaders across Chicago vowed to continue to offer resources, create rapid response teams and offer sanctuary for families who fear being arrested by ICE.
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Laura Rodríguez Presa,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
The Ferry Building restaurant closed in 2000, but Phan vowed to bring the Slanted Door back to San Francisco.
The Commanders committed five turnovers — two interceptions — and finished with a season-worst minus-3 turnover margin.
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Ben Standig,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
For 2025 and beyond, this means committing to leadership development, improving AI and tech skills, improving data literacy and monitoring labor costs.
Latino history in the U.S. is plighted with systemic issues from mass deportations in the 1920s and 1930s, to poor working conditions for farm workers, to segregated schools, to arrests and stereotypes during the war on drugs.
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Gina Lee Castro,
Journal Sentinel,
11 Oct. 2024
Not for months, but for years, plighting their troth.
He was sworn into office less than two months ago and has responded to one catastrophic crisis after another ever since.
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Barnini Chakraborty,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
26 Jan. 2025
The pair welcomed their only child together on Nov. 28, 2015, in Englewood, New Jersey.
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's Daughter North West
For a long time, people swore North West was dad Kanye West's double.
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