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He wrote his name on Oxford's roster—Cecil John Rhodes—but never studied overhard.

From Time Magazine Archive

Edgard might have been a good husband, but he didn't try overhard.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 by Various

At the edge of the Lombardy poplars I heard Sagner swallowing a little bit overhard.

From The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell

It is true that some captains drive overhard; there are spirits in every rank not easily moved by pity; and indeed many follow arms who are no better than brigands.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

And that de Vallorbes has been heard to lament openly that he is not a native of some enlightened country in which the divorce court charitably intervenes to sever overhard connubial knots.

From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas