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Recent Examples of overutilizeThe urge to intervene in places of peripheral concern to U.S. interests, to overreact to threats, to overutilize military force in dealing with terrorists and others—these outlasted Obama.—Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2021
But don’t overdo it—a study in the Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research found three sets of 30 seconds of rolling daily is enough to improve symptoms.
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Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
4 Apr. 2025
Washing items with fabric softener can also help with wrinkle prevention, but don't overdo it.
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Katelyn Squiers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Apr. 2025
Combine overworked and sometimes feuding doctors with patients arriving to a crowded emergency room on the worst day of their lives, and the stakes really couldn’t be higher.
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Annabel Gutterman,
Time,
11 Apr. 2025
Duchess Meghan reflects on 'overwhelming' experience launching business The pair discussed feeling overworked and overwhelmed as business owners.
This could include barring infringing products or serial IP rights violators from the U.S. market, and preventing foreign companies that repeatedly infringe on U.S IP access to the U.S. banking system.
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Deborah Wince-Smith,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
In the lawsuit, the Park District failed to meet the burden of proof required for the court to affirm the Lansing Journal infringed on its trademark, Seeger’s decision said.
This demon used to be a giant boar, but was driven mad after being shot with an iron bullet, a sign that civilization is irreversibly encroaching on the natural world.
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Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Brenda Deal, who wants to sell her house there, learned her garage and shed might be encroaching on the right of way, based on GIS maps.
Why else would a man who just trespassed, exposed himself on national television (and apparently damaged an expensive stage curtain) simply be allowed to dress and address the press?
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Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
Last year, Wheeler served two days in Vernon County jail on six trespassing convictions from 2020, 2022 and 2023.
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Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2025
And invading the Crusaders home turf Tuesday afternoon was Christian, ranked No. 1 in the section.
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Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
Decades after the United States invaded Panama in 1989, Samuel Castañeda says the sounds and smells of that night – armored tanks rumbling, houses burning, and bullets flying around his neighborhood – still loom large in his memory.
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Whitney Eulich,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 Apr. 2025
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