Example Sentences

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Netflix shares have fallen around 8.5% since hitting an all-time high at the end of June, after investors started worrying that the company’s stock was overheating, but were still up nearly 40% in 2025.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 20, 2025

The issue with Sergio Perez's car was overheating brakes.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024

The train’s conductor found the railcar that triggered the alarm and confirmed the bearing was overheating.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2023

I remember her driving me to high school in the dead of a Vermont winter with all the windows down while complaining she was overheating.

From Salon • May 21, 2023

It’s the most aggressive rate increase the U.S. central bank has made since 2000, when the dot-com boom was overheating markets and the economy.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2022