overcrowding
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The NHS is also the focus for the i Paper, which reports that overcrowding in A&E has been linked to more than 500 deaths a week across the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
However, an intelligence report shared with AFP news agency suggested the group died because of overcrowding and poor ventilation inside the detention facility in Niger state.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
In 2006, overcrowding forced some of the state’s 170,000 prisoners to sleep in hallways and multipurpose rooms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Mallorca’s tourism model is increasingly a victim of its own success, as overcrowding risks eroding what made it special in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
He knew that the effects of overcrowding and tension in a warren show themselves first in the does.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
