Example Sentences

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“You can’t overrespond in this scenario,” he said.

From Reuters • May 18, 2018

Often, entirely on its own, it can overrespond, fail to respond or turn against the body it is designed to protect with the same lethal fury it directs against invaders and cancerous cells.

From Time Magazine Archive