overwhelm

Bright Saver is trying to get UL Solutions, the main certifier, to exempt solar kits under 360 watts, which many experts agree produce too little power to endanger the grid or overwhelm a home’s wiring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 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

The alarms keep patients from getting sleep and overwhelm nurses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

One step at a time, or his fears would overwhelm him.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

“That overwhelms every other value proposition that you will have on the power block.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

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

From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026

I am so happy to see her, but the relief at her words overwhelms me.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

In Grace's case, loud noises can upset her heavily, effectively triggering what is often called a sensory overload - where a person becomes overwhelmed as a result.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

You sound overwhelmed by practical, existential, moral and medical dilemmas.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

When CBP One shut down, applicants were overwhelmed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

McAfee, apparently already reeling from a column in the Athletic that opined that “College GameDay” has become overwhelmed by McAfee’s “frat-rock prankster” personality, appeared deeply offended.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

“Jake’s a little overwhelmed by his recent burst of intelligence,” explained Grace.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

The resulting fear can feel immediate and overwhelming, even when the person is objectively safe.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

The crowd appeared to be roughly evenly divided between Anglos and Hispanics in an area where Hispanics make up an overwhelming majority of population.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

In one email, Stephenson wrote, “the evidence the holdovers screenplay has been plagiarised line-by-line from frisco is genuinely overwhelming - anybody who looks at even the briefest sample pretty much invariably uses the word ‘brazen.’”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

At the beginning of this year, the overwhelming consensus was that AI’s future was limitless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Laughter erupted close by, and despite the dizziness and overwhelming need to barf, Seven sat up fast.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega