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Extreme weather has already wreaked havoc on southern and central China this week, with storms leaving at least 39 dead and causing dozens of rivers to overflow and a reservoir dam to burst.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

This has led to a 41% reduction in spills from each storm overflow in 2025, compared with 2024, despite experiencing heavier rainfall than some other regions.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

To handle the extra volume, engineers send surplus water down 5 Shaft into the deep pool below, much like an overflow spillway helps relieve pressure at a full reservoir.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026

At Kampala’s Mirembe food market, where stalls overflow with watermelons and green bananas, fish vendor Medie Waiswa uses disinfectant every morning to clean his countertop, storage cabinet, chairs and motorcycle handlebars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

The gutter below her was about to overflow.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Because I’m a stranger who people regularly turn to for financial help, my inbox typically overflows with general questions like the one above.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

The background jar stands alone, while the piece in the foreground overflows with a rainbow of plants, flowers, fruit, chamoy candies, gummies and a single real butterfly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

In recent years Wessex Water has made considerable improvements to Somerset's sewage system, reducing the risk of overflows causing phospate pollution.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

Retrofitting the warehouse for immigration detention would create construction sediment that would run into nearby waterways, Maryland’s lawsuit argued, and housing hundreds of people there would strain the water supply and create sewage overflows.

From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026

The sick fluid of adolescent despair that runs through her veins overflows again into mine.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Although recovery efforts were under way in parts of the city, some outlying areas remained at risk as a nearby river overflowed, forcing another 500 people to evacuate on Thursday morning.

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

Plates overflowed with fried eggs, hash browns and bacon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026

My father’s memorial service overflowed with friends, former patients and neighbors, each one with a story about how he’d helped them, laughed with them or simply made them feel less alone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026

Water gathered in low-lying valleys and river channels, overflowed crater rims, and rushed through canyons.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025

In poor neighborhoods garbage mounded in alleys and overflowed giant trash boxes that became banquet halls for rats and bluebottle flies.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

The victims died on Sunday and Monday in Minas Gerais state, where rivers have overflown, leaving towns partially submerged.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2022

Its military this month deployed tanks to the Tajik border with Afghanistan and has overflown the region with ground-attack jets, ostensibly on training exercises.

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

"That island was overflown by a plane catapulted from the USS Colorado a few days after she went missing. The pilot didn't see any recent activity."

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2019

According to the Palestinian Ma’an news agency, several Israeli bulldozers entered the southern Gaza Strip early on Thursday overflown by drones, which would fit with the timeframe described by the Israeli military.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2016

Four days after launching Sputnik into orbit, Radio Moscow announced the addition of one more city to its timetable of destinations that would be overflown by their satellite: Little Rock, Arkansas.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Andy Burnham will Monday become Britain's sixth prime minister to move into Downing Street since 2016, with an in-tray overflowing with challenges and little time to make his mark.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

Hold back a little of the white if necessary to prevent it from overflowing.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

Facing weak demand at home and overflowing warehouses, factories are aggressively selling overseas, driving the nation’s trade surplus to a historic $1.2 trillion last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

"By reusing plastic waste that is already in Hawaii, we can reduce the environmental and economic impacts of transporting waste plastics from the islands, incinerating it or dumping it in Hawaii's overflowing landfills."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026

I roll up the dirty diaper and stuff it in the overflowing diaper pail.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko