Example Sentences

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He was speaking after an inquest into the shooting of five people in west Belfast in 1972 found that the Army "lost control" in a number of cases and "overreacted to a perceived threat".

From BBC • May 1, 2026

If Blackstone and other lenders recover all or most of their financing, it would buttress their case that investors have overreacted to software cataclysm concerns.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

“They overreacted, and there’s proof that they overreacted because now there’s a framework that makes sense,” Lutnick said in an interview with Bloomberg TV at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Michael Sansoterra, chief investment officer at Silvant Capital Management, thinks investors have overreacted.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 7, 2025

She always overreacted to every loud cough or gasp of breath, keeping me out of school or forcing me to cancel plans to go to doctor’s appointments or to the hospital for no reason.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott