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The borough’s “Backyard Explorers Microschool” promises preschoolers “a place where they can get away from the sensory overload and just play freely.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Annie Owen, who volunteers at Ipswich and East Suffolk Samaritans, said that in the modern world, the overload of information can anaesthetise people to many tragedies.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

In the age of information overload, nearly every elite athlete has to figure out when to throw the watch away.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Now may not be the time to whip up your favorite cold salads or overload on the “L” in your BLTs.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

At a certain point, at somewhere between 10 and 15 people, we begin to overload, just as we begin to overload when we have to distinguish between too many tones.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

When she sets screens on the perimeter and rolls to the basket or passes from a variety of spots on the court, it overloads defenses and opens up potent offensive options for the Bruins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026

Patients also recovered more quickly from metabolic crises, i.e., overloads of the energy metabolism, which can suddenly worsen the course of this disorder.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 31, 2026

Strong solar storms however bring more than just stunning light displays -- they can also disrupt communication systems and cause satellite malfunctions and power grid overloads.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

But regardless of who plays, opponents would still be able to create midfield overloads by using the same rotations with which City and Fulham have found success.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025

It is usually applied to a device which cuts out a current when it overcharges or overloads the wire.

From Electricity for Boys by James Slough Zerbe

Today, the Chinese market is overloaded with brands, both foreign and domestic, and is characterised by cut-throat competition.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The Dollywood website became overloaded Tuesday and was inaccessible for several hours.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Yet Schoenbrun’s observations are presented in the film as though they’re opaque, overloaded with smug surrealism and jam-packed with visual stimuli designed to wink and nudge at the otherwise obvious.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

If your podcast queue is overloaded with relentless news and true crime, let this be your breath of fresh country air.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

An overloaded switchboard, a dirty game of Twister everywhere you turned.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

I’m not overloading my body like I used to in the past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

There’s a chunk of code for a memory system to keep the context of conversations going without overloading the AI with too much information—a problem known to amplify hallucinations and reduce the effectiveness of guardrails.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Davis said when he put the service charge policy in place several years ago, he carefully considered the language to nod to the history of tipping without overloading customers with information.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

"Restoration is proceeding in stages. This approach is required to avoid overloading the networks and to prevent new accidents," it added.

From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026

Meaning: They don’t need as much of their brains to process information and therefore might be able to add on more tasks without overloading the system.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel