overwhelm

TOKYO—Hackers used an artificial-intelligence tool made by a Chinese engineer to target companies in Japan, according to cybersecurity researchers, adding to a wave of breaches that highlight how AI-powered attacks can overwhelm cyber defenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The flooding was extraordinary, and scientists said they show how the approaching Tropical Storm Rachel, along with high tides, a record-hot ocean and El Niño-fueled waves, can overwhelm coastal areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

As a result, the complaint says, instead of snow in the winter, Boulder gets more “high-intensity, short-duration rainfall events” that overwhelm its drainage systems and cause flooding.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

Even extremely small vibrations or pointing errors could allow unwanted starlight to leak into an image and overwhelm the much dimmer planets scientists hope to detect.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

“If you’ve found a species that’s almost gone to extinction,” says Axel, “then something’s gone terribly wrong...and you have to overwhelm that negative influence through action and science and learning. ”

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

“That overwhelms every other value proposition that you will have on the power block.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Repeated ashfall blocks roads, overwhelms drainage systems and damages roofs.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Determining this requires finding the point at which the domestically borne share of distortions becomes so large that it overwhelms the tariff revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Even here in the relative safety of Annapolis, Maryland, an advancing armada of amped-up college kids overwhelms me.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

I touch the top of the backup, and a dizzy wave overwhelms me.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Like Fielder’s subjects in “The Rehearsal,” I sometimes prepare for complex social situations, because I don’t improvise well when I’m overwhelmed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

The adventurer said he was "absolutely overwhelmed" by the crowds who lined the bridge.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

You sound overwhelmed by practical, existential, moral and medical dilemmas.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Churches and community organizations provided food and shelter for thousands of people in transit, while the hospital in Yuma, the county seat, was completely overwhelmed, and the federal government still owes it millions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

But soon he was overwhelmed by the water’s swiftness.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

"All of a sudden I got such an overwhelming urge to leave," she says.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

“Social Security was created by overwhelming bipartisan congressional majorities,” the pair of senators said in a New York Times Opinion piece earlier this year.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

“Sheriff Robert Luna has earned the trust and support of voters, and this election is an overwhelming show of confidence in his leadership,” Hahn said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

The resulting fear can feel immediate and overwhelming, even when the person is objectively safe.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

It was a reasonable request, but an overwhelming one, too.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield