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overflow

[oh-ver-floh, oh-ver-floh] / ˌoʊ vərˈfloʊ, ˈoʊ vərˌfloʊ /




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They think that Australia could accommodate part of this demand overflow, pointing to its data sovereignty requirements and renewables-assisted capability to power the centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

At one point, the video feed in the overflow room was shut down after someone violated the court rules and snapped pictures of a cooperating witness testifying that later circulated on social media.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

He looked at more than 350 storm overflow outlets in England and whether there had been heavy rain when they were spilling sewage.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Extreme weather has already wreaked havoc on southern and central China this week, with storms leaving at least 39 dead and causing dozens of rivers to overflow and a reservoir dam to burst.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

So that very day I made a staircase of stones under the pond overflow.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Because I’m a stranger who people regularly turn to for financial help, my inbox typically overflows with general questions like the one above.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Any cost overflows would be paid for by DWP customers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Retrofitting the warehouse for immigration detention would create construction sediment that would run into nearby waterways, Maryland’s lawsuit argued, and housing hundreds of people there would strain the water supply and create sewage overflows.

From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026

Water UK pointed to the efforts of one company, United Utilities, who upgraded more than 400 storm overflows in its patch and Yorkshire Water, which had upgraded around 100 in the last few years.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

Auntie Idris is far up on one, waving down at us from a balcony that overflows with leafy plants and bright red flowers.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

Mail-order catalogs such as the midcentury Sears, Roebuck Christmas edition overflowed with evocative shades—winterberry, burnished beige, rico green—meant to conjure a feeling as much as a hue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 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

Plates overflowed with fried eggs, hash browns and bacon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025

The rains had fallen without stop, and the Song Tra Bong had overflowed its banks, and the muck had now risen thigh-deep in the field along the river.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

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

Four days after launching Sputnik into orbit, Radio Moscow announced the addition of one more city to its timetable of destinations that would be overflown by their satellite: Little Rock, Arkansas.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

An overflowing pool caused a hillside to partially collapse in the Hollywood Hills Friday, prompting evacuations, according to authorities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 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

Thanks to the boom in online fitness and beauty culture, our feeds are constantly overflowing with good-looking people who are just too boring to be hot.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

With morgues overflowing, some 1,030 bodies have been buried in mass graves after taking DNA samples for future identification, Nepal Police said on Saturday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026

He eyed the throngs of shoppers marching down the sidewalk, arms overflowing with packages.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai




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