overcrowded
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I chatted to him in the gossip-filled, overcrowded cafe at the European Parliament in Brussels.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
Hochman said the modified mental health diversion law is a “rebalancing” of the scales in California after years of attempts to lower the state’s overcrowded jail populations affected public safety.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
They’re terrible places, but they don’t seem overcrowded.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
Kinshasa, an overcrowded city of more than 17 million people, churns out at least 10 tonnes of plastic waste every day, according to environmental experts.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Other Jews were relocated behind thick walls and barbed wire in overcrowded city ghettos, created in large cities such as Warsaw and Lodz.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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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