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Mr. Douglas does not write with bitterness about his father’s volte-face, but neither does he overflow with mercy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

We wore KN95 masks—a modern version of the plague doctor beaks—and hid in our houses, and saw our hospitals overflow, and couldn’t be with our loved ones when they died.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

Yorkshire Water has admitted a £1.5m scheme to reduce storm overflow discharges into a North Yorkshire river has not performed as expected.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation warned of low pressure across eastern, northeastern and central Thailand until Sunday, saying there was a risk of flash floods, forest runoff, mudslides, and river overflow.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Or maybe it was because there might be times, like now, when, if you knew everything about someone else, your heart would be too full and it might overflow.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

While storm overflows performance improved by 19%, it still fell short of its target, the Environment Agency said.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The gag-filled comedy overflows with wackiness, as is customary for “Looney Tunes,” but also, and perhaps less expectedly, poignancy galore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

“All Eyez on Me,” the double album Shakur released in 1996, overflows with groovy bass samples that display his reverence for 1970s and 1980s R&B—Kool & the Gang, Bootsy Collins, Cameo and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The company said it was investing £889m on storm overflows between 2025 and 2030, including six projects to reduce their impact on the Tywi.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

She’s talking to a woman who has a tall, black rolling cart next to her that overflows with bags of laundry.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

She arrived at the courtroom nearly an hour and a half ahead of her 8:30 a.m. appointment, and watched as the waiting room overflowed with at least a hundred other immigrants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

"Rivers that are normally completely frozen have overflowed where they hadn't historically," he told the BBC, causing layered, unstable ice sheets that are hazardous to travel over in winter months.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 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

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

Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

By day three, mine was overflowing with tchotchkes, candy, lip gloss, ornaments, green and red bracelets and even a Bible-verse bookmark.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

After earlier stadium shows in New York, London and Paris, the 56-year-old rap superstar touched down in Inglewood for a set overflowing with hits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

I’m not even getting married until 2028, but my Pinterest board is already overflowing with inspo photos of dresses and decor.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 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

The previous tenants said the house was chilled even with the fireplace packed near to overflowing and that there were strange sounds all hours of the night.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland