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To get all up in arms about overusage only shows dottery and contempt.
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The target's pie has become so loose because of overusage, the lips of the pie flap and slap it's inner thigh as it walks.
Carol Muske-Dukes: The Rules According to a Fraternity "Cocksman" Carol Muske-Dukes 2011
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The target's pie has become so loose because of overusage, the lips of the pie flap and slap it's inner thigh as it walks.
Carol Muske-Dukes: The Rules According to a Fraternity "Cocksman" Carol Muske-Dukes 2011
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A reliance on the tried and true, hackneyed to death with overusage and suddenly the words lose all the strength and vitality they once conjured.
BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » Writers on Writing . . . I’m Flat! 2010
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Until that glorious day comes, however, we’ve got to worry about runaway greenhouse effects and overusage of energy.
scusteister: Moving toward the No-Carbon Day scusteister 2009
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Until that glorious day comes, however, we’ve got to worry about runaway greenhouse effects and overusage of energy.
Moving toward the No-Carbon Day scusteister 2009
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I suppose Woman of the Hour, Sarah Palin, doesn't have an established stylist: that's obvious by her overusage of the same black two-piece suit which she wears so well -- but clearly, it's her go-to-formal suit, which most professional women have.
What the women wore on the convention stages. Ann Althouse 2008
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Rogers, the only cable provider in the toronto area has said that because of overusage they will be charging people a premium fee ontop of their already fairly pricey standard fee.
You know those cool Web 2.0 sites? They may be killing the Internet | Sync Blog 2008
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Whats with this overusage of the word “progressive” ?
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She was familiar with what overusage of a psi-screen did to a person.
Shadow Hunters Christie Golden 2007
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