overwhelm
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The new album appears designed to tease, coax and overwhelm the listener.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
They also had lower indicators of oxidative stress, a form of cellular damage caused when unstable molecules known as reactive oxygen species overwhelm the body's protective systems.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Blockbuster stock sales are threatening to overwhelm the bull market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
If the government’s issuance of debt starts to overwhelm what the market demands, some yields might rise even if the Fed isn’t hiking rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
That, he wrote, “is what is nearly always going on with public parks. Pardon me if I overwhelm you; it is a matter of chronic anger with me.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Determining this requires finding the point at which the domestically borne share of distortions becomes so large that it overwhelms the tariff revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Even here in the relative safety of Annapolis, Maryland, an advancing armada of amped-up college kids overwhelms me.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
That sparks fears of a capital squeeze, whereby sheer supply overwhelms available buyer cash.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
But both he and Balda know how much medicine the audience can handle in their fluff before the bitterness overwhelms the sweet.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
He squats by my side and his smell overwhelms me, a sign at least that I haven’t died of mortification.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
Yet for the moment the family is overwhelmed with gratitude to have found one another again.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
How can we become more human instead of being overwhelmed with this technology?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
They organized a food train, and Scott was the one who set up a cooler on my front porch and insisted people drop food without knocking, knowing we were overwhelmed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"Our capacity has been completely overwhelmed," Ceuta's vice-president Alejandro Ramirez told private television channel La Sexta on Thursday, describing the situation as "unsustainable".
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Though overwhelmed by the responsibility being placed on his shoulders, he felt absolutely committed to the president.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
"People were praying in the street. It was overwhelming," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
At several points, mainly on Friday and Saturday nights, the numbers started to feel overwhelming, controlling that may be an issue next year if the anticipated additional crowds turn out.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Sunday mass there because the smell from the Lineage warehouse is overwhelming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
For myself and other younger adults, this particular point in our financial lives can feel confusing, even overwhelming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Others believed that the artery had been damaged by the overwhelming infection, not the bullet.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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