overwhelm
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Packing too many circuits into one cell can also overwhelm its protein production machinery.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
The public-relations crisis is starting to overwhelm the tech giants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 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
They snake between dusty boxes, overwhelm a sawhorse; he leads her through a thicket of them to what feels like an upholstered piano bench at the far end, and helps her sit.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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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
The cost of setting up a processing system to recover these byproducts often overwhelms their market, so domestic production likely won’t get off the ground without government support.
From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026
A warm feeling overwhelms me, bringing with it a flutter of emotions.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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"Eyes-brimming, the veteran singer gave herself little nods of approval after every line, before finally breaking down at the end of the track, seemingly overwhelmed at having made it through."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The attack overwhelmed maintainers of an online service for coders, called RubyGems, and forced them to shut down new account registrations as they dealt with the chaos it had caused, operators of the service said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
I was intrigued and overwhelmed as I tried to make sense of the multiple cities that somehow existed within L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
But it turns out that more screen time is not a great solution to feeling burned out and overwhelmed.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
I am overwhelmed with this weird feeling that is sadness, but in a way I’ve never felt before.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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"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
However, FDA officials said the false positive did not change the course of the outbreak investigation, “or the overwhelming epidemiological data supporting the ... voluntary recall by Taylor Farms.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
"The support has been overwhelming, and it's been comforting," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
They’re still part of the continuing battle to stop bots from posting spam, overwhelming websites and scraping content without permission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The beauty was overwhelming, even muted in the late fall, and Anya had to look down.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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