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overwhelm

[oh-ver-hwelm, -welm] / ˌoʊ vərˈʰwɛlm, -ˈwɛlm /




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As glucose and sorbitol intake climbs, even people who carry beneficial sorbitol-degrading bacteria may eventually overwhelm those microbes' ability to keep up.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

“Macro conditions, liquidity and positioning can overwhelm fundamentals, and bitcoin could fall well below current levels without invalidating its longer-term investment case,” said Silenskyte.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

More locals are willing to accept development, as long as it doesn’t overwhelm the quaintness of the city, apartment developer Tourtellote said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

At times it has dropped controls on its side of the border, allowing people to surge forward and overwhelm border defenses in Ceuta.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

States with small populations feared that large states would be too powerful and overwhelm them if votes were based on population alone.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

For a reader he is like a guest who overwhelms and exhausts, but who is then invited back for the sheer enjoyment of his absorbing tales, striking insights and charm.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 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

“The unexpected overwhelms you,” said McDonnel, who said her obligations for her parents vary daily and weekly.

From MarketWatch Jun. 16, 2026

But both he and Balda know how much medicine the audience can handle in their fluff before the bitterness overwhelms the sweet.

From Salon May 17, 2026

We get to the boys’ section and it overwhelms me.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

We asked experts for advice on everything from getting a raise and dealing with an overwhelmed manager to making work dinners more palatable and staying superior to AI.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Coroner Rachel Knight said the pathology department where a mass from Sarah's ovary had been sent for testing was at the time "completely overwhelmed by demand" following the Covid-19 pandemic.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

MS NOW wants to offer news viewers a break when they feel overwhelmed.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

It’s Tamagotchi for the burned out and overwhelmed.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

She was so overwhelmed with such relief, such joy, she could hardly talk.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

"A key finding is that global warming and human emissions are now overwhelming the Pacific's natural influence on the Indian Ocean," Ummenhofer said.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

And even the people who love me can get aggravated by all the ways I’m impulsive, bossy, overwhelming and judgmental.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Earlier this year, a source with inside knowledge of the investigation told BBC Scotland News that the evidence against Murrell had become "overwhelming".

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

They are overwhelming favourites to retain their domestic crown and are fancied to win their first-ever Champions League this season.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

In the overwhelming stillness, between our echoless footsteps, the pulse sang thin and fast in my ears.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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