The first time I heard the term "overcommitting" was in the context of athletics many years ago when I was a sports writer covering soccer.
"We've been either overcommitting or living on the edge ... for as long as 15 years under governors of both parties," he said. ❋ Unknown (2011)
He gets by with that style in the junior ranks, but at only 5-11 and 163 pounds, he's too small to cover the corners, and we suspect that pro shooters will pick him apart up high and take advantage of his habit of overcommitting. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Wayne: So hard that I had to admit to overcommitting myself just a minute ago. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The risk, as Lynch says, is that if you make hasty decisions in response to political pressure you wind up overcommitting in a way that leads to investing too little attention and resources to other places. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Then overcompesated by overcommitting too much of your money ... ❋ Unknown (2009)
"People in the tea party I've talked to are concerned about America overcommitting itself militarily and they're concerned about where we are going to get the money to fight these wars," Mr. Kucinich said in an interview. ❋ Siobhan Hughes (2011)
Mr. Snowball: The simplest example is overcommitting to a volatile asset. ❋ Javier Espinoza (2012)
Chances are you're overcommitting and/or not keeping them. ❋ Unknown (2010)
You have to resist overcommitting your time and energy. ❋ William Kent Krueger (2010)
Thankfully everyone was good-natured about it and I learned the importance of not overcommitting. ❋ Unknown (2009)
She's making a lot of rookie errors -- overcommitting herself by answering hypotheticals that she should have ducked, ratcheting up the rhetoric in ways that make her look fanatical. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Not overcommitting but not being to hesitant either. ❋ Scott Altmann (2009)
The administration has to be mindful of overcommitting, because that could damage the dollar and push up Treasury rates, along with other lending rates. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Overbooking and overcommitting yourself is a good way to stress yourself out even more during the holidays. ❋ Unknown (2008)
GATES: Microsoft started to grow, and there was more customer demand than we knew what to do with, and we ended up overcommitting ourselves. ❋ Unknown (2008)
And Obama has stated that the overcommitting of troops to Iraq means we don't have sufficient troops in Afghanistan. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Not surprisingly, the topic of overcommitting to activities came up. ❋ PhD Lucy Jo Palladino (2007)
