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“We underdid it in the great financial crisis, so we overdid it here,” said Patrick Harker, who was president of the Philadelphia Fed for a decade before stepping down last June.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

Here’s what to do if you overdid it.

From MarketWatch Feb. 12, 2026

Mavididi then rather overdid the celebration, upsetting the locals by sitting on the front wall of the home Tilton Road End, looking smug.

From BBC Dec. 18, 2023

Laufenberg overdid Konstantin’s temper tantrums in Act I, but found a convincingly pained and broken register for the closing scene.

From New York Times Mar. 8, 2023

“I thought perhaps I overdid it when I stuck out my tongue.”

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown