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  • You must admit though, it is better to be cautious rather than to over-exert yourself and say that the movie without-a-doubt will be the best-thing-ever-omg-srzly.

    Christopher Nolan Says INCEPTION Is Even Bigger Than THE DARK KNIGHT – Collider.com 2010

  • You can make it if you're careful not to over-exert.

    THE STORY OF JEES UCK 2010

  • While Liverpool were awash with purpose despite the score, City had no incentive to over-exert themselves.

    Manchester City 3-0 Liverpool | Premier League match report 2012

  • However walking around the Zoo was NOT good on the old "broken toe" which I keep thinking is pretty much better but then when I over-exert myself it hurts.

    Archive 2008-05-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008

  • However walking around the Zoo was NOT good on the old "broken toe" which I keep thinking is pretty much better but then when I over-exert myself it hurts.

    the pearl WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008

  • So rather than over-exert yourself this season with collecting all the spices, I might recommend a bottle of red Thai curry paste.

    Not-So-Strange Birds Part III: Cranberry Thai Curry Glazed Duck Breast with Coconut Mashed Potatoes 2008

  • Luckily it's that patented SoCal dry heat, complete with Santa Ana winds, so feared by firefighters yet so beloved by me who doesn't like the heat back East where you sweat through your clothes and over-exert yourself by, say, sitting up.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Marina Geigert 2008

  • Luckily it's that patented SoCal dry heat, complete with Santa Ana winds, so feared by firefighters yet so beloved by me who doesn't like the heat back East where you sweat through your clothes and over-exert yourself by, say, sitting up.

    Various and Sundries... Marina Geigert 2008

  • The next day she was kinder still; she came herself into the class to see that the windows were closed, and that there was no draught; she exhorted me with friendly earnestness not to over-exert myself; when I went away, she gave me her hand unasked, and I could not but mark, by a respectful and gentle pressure, that

    The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte 2006

  • Every time I over-exert myself, I feel like puking!

    2nd June '05 apocalypsos 2005

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