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  • We all get over-excited and love scaring ourselves and our readers or viewers.

    Roshonara Choudhry: a sad and misguided case Michael White 2010

  • I'm an over-excited topwater fisherman, and no matter how much I try to relax, I botch my share of hits because I almost involuntarily swing for the fences right away.

    Money "Walks" 2009

  • The Nets spent most of the season hearing about that mark and seriously threatening to break it, so that is why the usually passive Meadowlands crowd burst into cheers as an over-excited PA announcer screamed, "We got 10!" when the final horn sounded.

    New Jersey Nets Team Report 2010

  • I forget who it was that said it, but the gist of what he was saying was that we were in for a very long Depression (not recession) and that we should be cautious not to get over-excited by temporary fluctuations in the marketplace.

    Obama mocks Newsweek cover, Newsweek hits back 2009

  • Getting over-excited about visiting American comics is an important Edinburgh fringe tradition.

    This week's new live comedy 2011

  • As if we could possibly get over-excited about a mere wedding.

    Royal wedding – live blog 2011

  • He even brought a Christmas ribbon for Ruby, who gets terribly over-excited when she sees him and needs a nap to generally collect herself afterwards.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • It's tempting to get over-excited right now, but we have to keep our feet on the ground.

    Tim Thomas journal: Game 7 one that got away for Bruins 2009

  • He even brought a Christmas ribbon for Ruby, who gets terribly over-excited when she sees him and needs a nap to generally collect herself afterwards.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • A very over-excited publicist was reciting on a sort of internally recorded loop how she had come down with an eye infection.

    Writers in Conversation « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

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