overworking

present participle of overwork

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overworking
Verb
  • After Mauricio missed all of 2024 and had a slow return-to-play schedule this year, there is a balance between getting enough action versus overdoing it.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Its two pressure settings are powerful enough to clear away plaque without overdoing it, all in a compact design that tucks neatly under the sink or into your carry-on.
    Lily Wohlner, Allure, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As Moscow extended soft power abroad, the regime grew more concerned about other countries exerting it within Russia.
    Tetiana Kotelnykova, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Beijing has long criticized Washington for exerting control beyond its borders through export rules that bar third-country companies from supplying China with chips made using American technology.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Prominent figures including Green Bay Packers star linebacker Micah Parsons and Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy criticized the Eagles for overusing the play on social media.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, resharing others’ posts or overusing carousels significantly underperforms.
    Justin Nassiri, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An invading army has seized Europe’s largest nuclear plant, taken thousands of its employees hostage, and turned the grounds—home to a large stockpile of nuclear fuel—into a forward operating base in the middle of an active war zone.
    Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Licensing officials also investigated educators accused of grooming behaviors like flirting with children, spending non-school time alone and isolated with students, or invading students’ personal space by rubbing their shoulders, thighs and lower backs.
    Danielle DuClos, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Darrois revealed that, on his first day in jail, the ex-president dedicated some time to exercising, as well as starting to write his book.
    Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • These tights fit like leggings and offer a supportive design to stay comfortable while exercising.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The partnership was formed to address the invasive trees and shrubs encroaching on the natural grasslands in TNC's Folsom Point Preserve in Iowa, which is located just over 12 miles from Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Ideal for the coats-and-boots season fastly encroaching.
    Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Others were trying to find a place in a growing narrative of American exceptionalism.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The risk to coffee production from climate change has some researchers trying to develop more climate-resistant varieties of coffee.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Overworking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overworking. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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