overcrowded
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Healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente said it will give ailing Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital a $25-million grant to help expand its overcrowded emergency department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
It said they had gone back after realizing the exclave was overcrowded and they had no food or water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
As they await the outcome of diplomatic manoeuvres, the prisoners who spoke to the BBC said they were enduring hardships in overcrowded facilities.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
He ended up hiring extra security during the World Cup because the bar was so overcrowded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
They went to stay with a friend of Huynh’s, but when they got there, the house was already overcrowded.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
Vocabulary lists containing overcrowded
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: over-
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over (above, too much)
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