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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
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Risk over-stretch

Whether Ukraine's counteroffensive becomes decisive rests on how far its forces are now able to push: Would going for even more territory risk over-stretch?

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Is "risk" a verb and "over-stretch" a noun in the question above?

  

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anonymous Is "risk" a verb and "over-stretch" a noun in the question above? Yes. "Over-stretch" is a case of "nouning" a verb.

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  • anonymous Is "risk" a verb and "over-stretch" a noun in the question above?
  • Yes.
  • "Over-stretch" is a case of "nouning" a verb.
  • Journalists like to jazz their stuff up like that.
  • I am reminded of the Vietnam-War-era "overkill".
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anonymousIs "risk" a verb and "over-stretch" a noun in the question above?

Yes. "Over-stretch" is a case of "nouning" a verb. Journalists like to jazz their stuff up like that. I am reminded of the Vietnam-War-era "overkill".

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