overwhelm

TOKYO—Hackers used an artificial-intelligence tool made by a Chinese engineer to target companies in Japan, according to cybersecurity researchers, adding to a wave of breaches that highlight how AI-powered attacks can overwhelm cyber defenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

As a result, the complaint says, instead of snow in the winter, Boulder gets more “high-intensity, short-duration rainfall events” that overwhelm its drainage systems and cause flooding.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

Storms can overwhelm the aging facility, which suffered an equipment breakdown in 2021 that led to 17 million gallons of raw sewage gushing into the Santa Monica Bay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Even extremely small vibrations or pointing errors could allow unwanted starlight to leak into an image and overwhelm the much dimmer planets scientists hope to detect.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

It was really, achingly, endlessly true, and it was always during roll calls that the accumulated misery threatened to overwhelm me.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

For a reader he is like a guest who overwhelms and exhausts, but who is then invited back for the sheer enjoyment of his absorbing tales, striking insights and charm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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

Ferroptosis occurs when iron-driven damage to cell membranes overwhelms a cell's antioxidant defenses.

From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026

Rates may rise even in recession this time, because the supply of Treasury debt overwhelms demand at current yields.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

The terror that waits in that cold tile room overwhelms him.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

Without these advances, the events scientists wanted to study would have been overwhelmed by the background.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026

I walked into Farm Rio for the first time, overwhelmed by a sense of kinship and the uncertainty of whether I belonged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Like Fielder’s subjects in “The Rehearsal,” I sometimes prepare for complex social situations, because I don’t improvise well when I’m overwhelmed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Spurred on by a friend, who suggested that she should advertise a female-only group trip on her anonymous social media profile, Bridget soon found herself overwhelmed by hundreds of inquiries.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Instead she followed the crowd toward auditorium one, her indignation overwhelmed by confusion.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

"Extreme precision is required to pick the muons out of the overwhelming background."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026

Papua New Guinea is considering ways to limit families to just three children in a bid to stop its booming population from overwhelming public services, Prime Minister James Marape said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

In 1976 Jimmy Carter barely squeaked by President Gerald Ford despite an overwhelming early lead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

The Cabinet Office launched a consultation into pay and reducing discrimination in the summer, and the government said there had been "overwhelming support" for greater transparency, with 94% of respondents backing the move.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

The smell was overwhelming, a mixture of sweet perfume and damp decay.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda