overwhelmed

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These higher-order effects are much harder to achieve because they are naturally very weak and quickly become overwhelmed by noise.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

“I’m overwhelmed and so angry that I can’t even explain it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

In Florida, a viral video shows a woman, overwhelmed with emotion, pleading with an immigration judge to free her terminally ill father from ICE detention.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

Hundreds of thousands of displaced Gazans who have overwhelmed Deir al-Balah since the start of the war weren’t eligible to vote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Tonantzin placed her hands on my shoulder and suddenly I wasn’t so overwhelmed.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall