overflow
Example Sentences
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Heavy rain in recent weeks caused sewage systems to overflow in crowded tent camps.
From BBC
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.
In addition, Calpers maintains investment authority over a so-called overflow fund.
The cemetery, too, starts to overflow, and so bodies must be burned.
Just like sinks and bathtubs have overflow drains to prevent spills, human cells appear to have a similar built-in safeguard.
From Science Daily
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