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Sandbags aren’t waterproof, but they can help slow the flow of water so the dozens of pump trunks the city deployed can keep up with the overflow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Mr. Douglas does not write with bitterness about his father’s volte-face, but neither does he overflow with mercy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

We wore KN95 masks—a modern version of the plague doctor beaks—and hid in our houses, and saw our hospitals overflow, and couldn’t be with our loved ones when they died.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation warned of low pressure across eastern, northeastern and central Thailand until Sunday, saying there was a risk of flash floods, forest runoff, mudslides, and river overflow.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

A growing anxiety that already had filled him, and now threatened to overflow.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers

Its workspace in the northwestern town of Bachaquero overflows with new, mostly US-imported supplies.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

The gag-filled comedy overflows with wackiness, as is customary for “Looney Tunes,” but also, and perhaps less expectedly, poignancy galore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

“All Eyez on Me,” the double album Shakur released in 1996, overflows with groovy bass samples that display his reverence for 1970s and 1980s R&B—Kool & the Gang, Bootsy Collins, Cameo and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The company said it was investing £889m on storm overflows between 2025 and 2030, including six projects to reduce their impact on the Tywi.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

The gift shop overflowed with people buying beaded bracelets and amulets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

"Rivers that are normally completely frozen have overflowed where they hadn't historically," he told the BBC, causing layered, unstable ice sheets that are hazardous to travel over in winter months.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

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

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

From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025

In Cleopatra’s day, six cataracts, or waterfalls, carried surging floodwater into Egypt where it overflowed the banks of the Nile and spread out across the plain.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

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

Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

For volunteers with No Harm KTLA, a group that holds trash cleanups in Koreatown twice a month, overflowing bins are a regular sight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

I’m not even getting married until 2028, but my Pinterest board is already overflowing with inspo photos of dresses and decor.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

It has a bridal shop overflowing with sparkly gowns and a coffee shop serving up lattes with Chinese symbols for happiness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

But the real magic of contemporary Lisdoonvarna lies in the town's overflowing streets and pubs - as Timby soon found out.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Our fields overflowing with vegetables that feed us through the year, the gentle clucking of the hens.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy